Rockaway Boulevard & 97th Avenue

Rockaway Boulevard and 97th Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Ozone Park (North), Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Queens corner. P.S. 064 Joseph P. Addabbo is 880 feet away. The nearest subway, 88 St, is about eight minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and five places to eat. About 800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1915 and 1950, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
88 St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
190 feet
Rockaway Blvd/84 St · Q7
Within a walk
11 places
7 religious buildings, 2 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Rockaway Boulevard & 97th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 88 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. 88 St A
    0.4 miles
    A

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 80 St A
    0.4 miles
    A

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “MORPHING88” (2015) by Haresh Lalvani at the 88 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Rockaway Blvd/84 St, 190 feet away, for the Q7.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rockaway Blvd/84 St Q7
    190 feet
    Q7

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q7 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Forest Park Drive & J Robinson Parkway, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 87-15 Rockaway Boulevard Gas station
    990 feet
  2. 9325 Rockaway Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.6 miles
  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 three crashes at this corner, the median for a Queens corner.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, June 2022
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11416
Community board
Queens Community Board 9
City Council district
32
Police precinct
102
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Ozone Park (North)
Elevation
26 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1915 and 1950.

Since 2014 at least 6 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 28 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2020 and April 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 97th Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

South side of 97th Avenue

  • Time-limited parking 1 sign 2 HOUR PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

South side of Rockaway Boulevard

  • Time-limited parking 1 sign 2 HOUR PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 064 Joseph P. Addabbo School
    880 feet
  2. St Elizabeth Catholic Academy School
    950 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Ampere Playground
    710 feet
  2. Ruoff Triangle
    830 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Elizabeth Church House of worship
    920 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Cherry Valley Marketplace Supermarket
    60 feet
  2. Golden Farms Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    960 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Clocktower Plaza Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 22 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 97th 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.