Horace Harding Expressway & 98th Street

Horace Harding Expressway and 98th Street meet at a three-way junction in Rego Park, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Horace Harding Playground is 350 feet away. The nearest subway, 63 Dr-Rego Park, is about nine minutes on foot, for the M and R. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 11 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
63 Dr-Rego Park
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
220 feet
Horace Harding Expwy/97 St · Q88, QM11, QM12, QM42
Within a walk
8 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 playgrounds and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Horace Harding Expressway & 98th Street 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 nine 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
    0.5 miles
    M R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Horace Harding Expwy/97 St, 220 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
    220 feet
    Q88 QM11 QM12 QM42

Next buses at this stop

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

Live arrivals

Cycling

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 62 Dr & 97 Pl 18 docks in all
    940 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 eight crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

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
15 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 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 24 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 25 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

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

East side of 98th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 98th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Horace Harding Expressway

  • No standing 8 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 1 park
  • 1 public space

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 206 the Horace Harding School
    350 feet
  2. Interdisciplinary Center for Child Development Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    780 feet
  3. Interdisciplinary Cntr - Rego Park School
    860 feet
Show all 4
  1. Happy Dragon of USA Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Horace Harding Playground
    350 feet
  2. Real Good Playground
    730 feet
  3. Lost Battalion Hall Recreation Center Park
    1,270 feet

Plazas and public spaces

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

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Costco Store
    1,180 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Rego Center Shopping center
    580 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, four of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 98th Street 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.