98th Street & 65th Avenue

The three-way junction of 98th Street and 65th Avenue is in Rego Park, Queens, and is also named Lefrak Memorial Square by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Our Lady of the Angelus Church is 710 feet away. The nearest subway, 63 Dr-Rego Park, is about four minutes on foot, for the M and R. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 18 places to eat.

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98th Street & 65th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Subway

The nearest subway station is 63 Dr-Rego Park, 1,060 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 63 Dr-Rego Park M, R
    1,060 feet
    M R

Next trains at this station

Outbound
2 lines
  1. M …
  2. R …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. M …
  2. R …

Also within a walk

  1. 67 Av M, R
    0.3 miles
    M R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Queens Blvd/65 Av, 90 feet away, for the Q60.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Queens Blvd/65 Av Q60 · Shelter
    90 feet
    Q60
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 19 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Queens Blvd S & 65 Rd 18 docks in all
    240 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Horace Harding Expressway & 97th Street, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 96-27 Queens Boulevard Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 62-60 99th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 90-15 Queens Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11374
Community board
Queens Community Board 6
City Council district
29
Police precinct
112
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Rego Park
Elevation
54 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Lefrak Memorial Square, a co-naming enacted on November 22, 1965 (Local Law 95 of 1965).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 3,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1941 and 1951.

Since 2014 at least 56 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Lefrak Memorial Square.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 15 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2015 and September 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on 65th Avenue (east side).

North side of 65th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 65th Avenue

  • Ambulettes only 2 signs AMBULETTE ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-8PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

East side of 98th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 98th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 406105 and 406947.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 trade or language schools
  • 2 schools
  • 1 college
  • 1 listed historic place

Schools and child care

  1. St. Paul's Schl Nurs - Queens College
    230 feet
  2. National Institute of Realtime Repor Trade or language school
    230 feet
  3. Valence College Preparatory Charter School
    380 feet
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  1. P. S. C. School of Careers Trade or language school
    230 feet
  2. All My Children Day Care and Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    530 feet
  3. Midrash L'Man Achai School
    620 feet
  4. Metropolitan Learning Institute Trade or language school
    730 feet
  5. Organikids Infant, toddler and preschool care · Pre-K
    1,060 feet
  6. Kuei Luck Early Childhood Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Rego Park Jewish Center Listed historic place
    620 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of the Angelus Church House of worship
    710 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    340 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    730 feet
  3. Santander Bank Bank branch
    790 feet

Supermarkets

  1. NetCost Market Supermarket
    790 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,150 feet
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Rego Center Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and nine food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

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