Horace Harding Expressway & 97th Street

Horace Harding Expressway and 97th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Rego Park, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 24 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Elmhurst Post Office is 920 feet away. The nearest subway, 63 Dr-Rego Park, is about seven minutes on foot, for the M and R. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, three of them playgrounds, and 12 places to eat. About 2,700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1962 and 1966, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
15 hurt
24 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
63 Dr-Rego Park
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
350 feet
Horace Harding Expwy/97 St · Q88, QM11, QM12, QM42
Within a walk
11 places
3 playgrounds, 2 trade or language schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 63 Dr-Rego Park, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 63 Dr-Rego Park M, R
    0.3 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, 350 feet away, for the Q88, QM11, QM12 and QM42.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Horace Harding Expwy/97 St Q88, QM11, QM12, QM42
    350 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. 60 Ave & Junction Blvd 24 docks in all
    940 feet

By car

A ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound starts at this corner.

  1. 96-27 Queens Boulevard Gas station
    0.4 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
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 15 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2024
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2024

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
16 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 2,700 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 1962 and 1966.

Trees

NYC Parks records 22 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 23 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2022 and April 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 97th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 97th Street

  • Metered parking 6 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Horace Harding Expressway

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 467938.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 206 the Horace Harding School
    600 feet
  2. Mti Business School Trade or language school
    1,020 feet
  3. Mti Business School-Queens (5002) Trade or language school
    1,020 feet
Show all 4
  1. Interdisciplinary Center for Child Development Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lost Battalion Hall Recreation Center Park
    740 feet
  2. Horace Harding Playground
    880 feet
  3. Lost Battalion Hall Playground (Tots Area) Playground
    990 feet
Show all 4
  1. Real Good Playground
    1,260 feet

Plazas and public spaces

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

Community centers and public services

  1. Elmhurst Post Office
    920 feet
  2. Older adult center at 96-05 Horace Harding Expressway Older adult center
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. ALDI Supermarket
    360 feet
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    1,320 feet
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Costco Store
    650 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Rego Center Shopping center
    50 feet
  2. Queens Center Shopping center
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and three food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 97th Street, Horace Harding Expressway or Long Island Expressway.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.