Horace Harding Expressway & 102nd Street

Horace Harding Expressway and 102nd Street meet at a three-way junction in Forest Hills, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 24 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Barrier Playground is 110 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Horace Harding Expwy/99 St, is 490 feet away for the Q88, Q98, QM11 and two more, and 13 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, three of them playgrounds, and one place to eat.

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Horace Harding Expressway & 102nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Horace Harding Expwy/99 St, 490 feet away, for the Q88, Q98, QM11, QM12 and QM42.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Horace Harding Expwy/99 St Q88, Q98, QM11, QM12 +1 · Shelter
    490 feet
    Q88 Q98 QM11 QM12 QM42
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q88 …
  2. Q98 …
  3. QM11 …
  4. QM12 …
  5. QM42 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 62 Ave & 102 St 16 docks in all
    210 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at 62nd Avenue & Apex Place, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 105-55 Horace Harding Expressway Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 62-60 99th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 90-15 Queens Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 24 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 14 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11374
Community board
Queens Community Board 6
City Council district
24
Police precinct
112
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Forest Hills
Elevation
17 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to three travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Posted limits from 25 to 30 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1956 and 1968.

Trees

NYC Parks records 67 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 9 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2023 and February 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 102nd Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of 102nd Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Horace Harding Expressway

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Happy Dragon of USA Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,070 feet
  2. P.S. 220 Edward Mandel School
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Real Good Playground
    50 feet
  2. Barrier Playground
    110 feet
  3. Playground Sixty Two LXII Playground
    830 feet

Supermarkets

  1. ALDI Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Costco Store
    0.5 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Rego Center Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat.

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners 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 Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.