Rockaway Boulevard & 103rd Avenue

Rockaway Boulevard and 103rd Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Ozone Park (North), Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Divine Mercy Catholic Academy is 150 feet away. The nearest subway, Rockaway Blvd, is about four minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 27 places to eat. About 700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1950, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
6 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Rockaway Blvd
1,000 feet · 4 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
330 feet
Rockaway Blvd/102 Rd · Q7
Within a walk
14 places
7 religious buildings, 2 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Rockaway Boulevard & 103rd Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Rockaway Blvd, 1,000 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Rockaway Blvd A
    1,000 feet
    A

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 88 St A
    1,230 feet
    A
  2. 104 St A
    0.5 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/102 Rd, 330 feet away, for the Q7.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rockaway Blvd/102 Rd Q7
    330 feet
    Q7

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q7 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 20 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. 89-15 Rockaway Boulevard Gas station
    810 feet
  2. 9325 Rockaway Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    720 feet
  3. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2015
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11417
Community board
Queens Community Board 9
City Council district
32
Police precinct
102 and 106 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Ozone Park (North)
Elevation
23 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1950.

Since 2014 at least 7 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the green ash.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2017 and April 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of 103rd Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Rockaway Boulevard

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 library
  • 1 park
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Divine Mercy Catholic Academy School
    150 feet
  2. Queens Explorers Elementary School
    1,070 feet
  3. District 27 Pre-K Center 101-49 Woodhaven Boulevard Pre-K center
    1,170 feet
Show all 4
  1. Lucky Charm Chinese Cooking School Trade or language school
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Corporal Ruoff Square
    860 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Ozone Park Library
    520 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Ozone Park Post Office
    460 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Cherry Valley Marketplace Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Clocktower Plaza Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 places to eat and seven food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 19 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 103rd Avenue or Rockaway Boulevard.

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