97th Street & Astoria Boulevard

The three-way junction of 97th Street and Astoria Boulevard is in East Elmhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. In 2025, 12 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Trolley Car Triangle is 70 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Astoria Blvd/98 St, is 250 feet away for the Q19 and Q49, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, four of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Grand Central Parkway
0.7 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
250 feet
Astoria Blvd/98 St · Q19, Q49
Within a walk
11 places
4 religious buildings, 2 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
97th Street & Astoria Boulevard Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Astoria Blvd/98 St, 250 feet away, for the Q19 and Q49.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Astoria Blvd/98 St Q19, Q49 · Shelter
    250 feet
    Q19 Q49
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q19 …
  2. Q49 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 9 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 99 St & Astoria Blvd 23 docks in all
    610 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway eastbound at 94th Street & Grand Central Parkway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 92-10 Astoria Boulevard Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 99-111 Ditmars Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. LaGuardia Airport Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported four crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 12 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,918th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 504 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11369
Community board
Queens Community Board 3
City Council district
21
Police precinct
115
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Elmhurst
Elevation
59 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1935.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2016 and December 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 97th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of 97th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Astoria Boulevard

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Astoria Boulevard

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 library
  • 1 older adult center
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. East Elmhurst Community School
    460 feet
  2. P.S. 127 Aerospace Science Magnet School
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Trolley Car Triangle
    70 feet
  2. Helen Marshall Playground
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. East Elmhurst Library
    520 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Gabriels Church House of worship
    370 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 98-19 Astoria Boulevard Older adult center
    550 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 316 Fire station
    990 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trade Fair Supermarket
    750 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,100 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and eight food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 97th Street or Astoria Boulevard.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.