Liberty Avenue & 97th Street

Liberty Avenue and 97th Street meet at a three-way junction in Ozone Park, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Corporal Ruoff Square is 540 feet away. The nearest subway, Rockaway Blvd, is about a minute on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, three of them religious buildings, and 22 places to eat. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1940, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Rockaway Blvd
120 feet · 1 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
150 feet
Rockaway Blvd/Liberty Av · Q7, Q41, Q51
Within a walk
13 places
3 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Liberty Avenue & 97th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Rockaway Blvd, 120 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. Rockaway Blvd A
    120 feet
    A

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. A …
Outbound
1 line
  1. A …

Also within a walk

  1. 104 St A
    980 feet
    A
  2. 88 St A
    0.4 miles
    A

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Connections” (2015) by Ray King at the Rockaway Blvd station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Rockaway Blvd/Liberty Av, 150 feet away, for the Q7, Q41 and Q51.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rockaway Blvd/Liberty Av Q7, Q41, Q51
    150 feet
    Q7 Q41 Q51

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q7 …
  2. Q41 …
  3. Q51 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 22 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at Cross Bay Boulevard, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 100-07 Rockaway Boulevard Gas station
    1,190 feet
  2. 9325 Rockaway Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    1,020 feet
  3. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11417
Community board
Queens Community Board 10
City Council district
32
Police precinct
106
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Ozone Park
Elevation
29 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1940.

Trees

Fifteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the green ash.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 4 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2024 and November 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on Liberty Avenue (south side).

North side of Liberty Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 401425 and 454283.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 library
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Aim High Leadership Center Four Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    490 feet
  2. Lucky Charm Chinese Cooking School Trade or language school
    690 feet
  3. P.S. 65 - the Raymond York Elementary School
    1,040 feet
Show all 4
  1. Little Dolphin Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,090 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Corporal Ruoff Square
    540 feet
  2. Police Officer Nicholas Demutiis Park
    820 feet
  3. Police Officer Nicholas Demutiis Park Playground
    840 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Ozone Park Library
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Ozone Park Jewish Center House of worship
    1,090 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 285/Ladder 142 Fire station
    990 feet
  2. 106th Precinct Police station
    1,180 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    700 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    170 feet
  2. Market Place Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    240 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    310 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 97th Street or Liberty Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.