98th Street & 103rd Avenue

The four-way crossing of 98th Street and 103rd Avenue is in Ozone Park (North), Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Queens corner. The Engine 285/Ladder 142 firehouse is 180 feet away. The nearest subway, Rockaway Blvd, is about four minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, two of them religious buildings, and 11 places to eat. About 800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1965, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Rockaway Blvd
1,090 feet · 4 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
890 feet
Liberty Av/98 St · Q112
Within a walk
8 places
2 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
98th Street & 103rd Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Rockaway Blvd, 1,090 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Rockaway Blvd A
    1,090 feet
    A

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. A …
Outbound
1 line
  1. A …

Also within a walk

  1. 104 St A
    0.3 miles
    A

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Connections” (2015) by Ray King at the Rockaway Blvd station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Liberty Av/98 St, 890 feet away, for the Q112.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Liberty Av/98 St Q112
    890 feet
    Q112

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q112 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 6 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at Cross Bay Boulevard, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 100-07 Rockaway Boulevard Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 9325 Rockaway Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.3 miles
  3. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, April 2021

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11417
Community board
Queens Community Board 9
City Council district
32
Police precinct
102 and 106 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Ozone Park (North)
Elevation
33 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 800 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 1965.

Trees

NYC Parks records 30 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 10 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2014 and April 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of 103rd Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of 98th Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of 98th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 65 - the Raymond York Elementary School
    380 feet
  2. District 27 Pre-K Center 101-49 Woodhaven Boulevard Pre-K center
    880 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Police Officer Nicholas Demutiis Park
    1,150 feet
  2. Police Officer Nicholas Demutiis Park Playground
    1,270 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 285/Ladder 142 Fire station
    180 feet
  2. 106th Precinct Police station
    1,140 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    1,000 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,110 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    1,210 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Market Place Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    720 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and seven food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 103rd Avenue or 98th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.