Horace Harding Expressway & 62nd Avenue

Horace Harding Expressway and 62nd Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Forest Hills, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. P.S. 220 Edward Mandel is 110 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Horace Harding Expwy/108 St, is 200 feet away for the Q88 and Q98, and ten bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them playgrounds.

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Horace Harding Expressway & 62nd Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Horace Harding Expwy/108 St, 200 feet away, for the Q88 and Q98.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Horace Harding Expwy/108 St Q88, Q98
    200 feet
    Q88 Q98

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q88 …
  2. Q98 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 108 St & 62 Dr 16 docks in all
    810 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at 62nd Avenue & Apex Place, 360 feet by car along the streets.

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

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11375
Community board
Queens Community Board 6
City Council district
24
Police precinct
112
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Forest Hills

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,400 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 1956 and 1975.

Since 2014 at least 183 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 2 signs on these blocks
  • 1 rule

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in June 2015, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 62nd Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 220 Edward Mandel School
    110 feet
  2. High School for Arts and Business School
    990 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Playground Sixty Two LXII Playground
    160 feet
  2. Barrier Playground
    470 feet
  3. Real Good Playground
    1,140 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 108-25 62nd Drive Older adult center
    1,150 feet

Fire and police

  1. Division 14/Engine 324 Fire station
    610 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one food store.

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 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

Sources: NYPD, 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 Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.