Horace Harding Expressway & 97th Place

Horace Harding Expressway and 97th Place meet at a four-way crossing in Rego Park, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 28 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. P.S. 206 the Horace Harding School is 340 feet away. The nearest subway, 63 Dr-Rego Park, is about eight minutes on foot, for the M and R. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, three of them playgrounds, and 11 places to eat. About 4,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1960 and 1966, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
14 hurt
28 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
63 Dr-Rego Park
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
90 feet
Horace Harding Expwy/97 St · Q88, QM11, QM12, QM42
Within a walk
11 places
3 playgrounds, 2 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Horace Harding Expressway & 97th Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 63 Dr-Rego Park, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 63 Dr-Rego Park M, R
    0.4 miles
    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. Woodhaven Blvd M, R
    0.4 miles
    M R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Horace Harding Expwy/97 St, 90 feet away, for the Q88, QM11, QM12 and QM42.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Horace Harding Expwy/97 St Q88, QM11, QM12, QM42
    90 feet
    Q88 QM11 QM12 QM42

Next buses at this stop

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

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 62 Dr & 97 Pl 18 docks in all
    730 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Horace Harding Expressway & 97th Street, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 96-27 Queens Boulevard Gas station
    0.5 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
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 28 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 14 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

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)
Rego Park
Elevation
18 feet above sea level

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 4,000 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 1960 and 1966.

Trees

NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 21 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2018 and April 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 97th Place

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of 97th Place

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Horace Harding Expressway

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 206 the Horace Harding School
    340 feet
  2. Interdisciplinary Center for Child Development Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,050 feet
  3. Interdisciplinary Cntr - Rego Park School
    1,130 feet
Show all 5
  1. Mti Business School Trade or language school
    1,280 feet
  2. Mti Business School-Queens (5002) Trade or language school
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Horace Harding Playground
    620 feet
  2. Real Good Playground
    1,000 feet
  3. Lost Battalion Hall Recreation Center Park
    1,000 feet
Show all 4
  1. Lost Battalion Hall Playground (Tots Area) Playground
    1,250 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Rego Park Mall Public space
    700 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Elmhurst Post Office
    1,180 feet

Supermarkets

  1. ALDI Supermarket
    630 feet
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Costco Store
    910 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Rego Center Shopping center
    310 feet
  2. Queens Center Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 97th Place or Horace Harding Expressway.

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.