Living in Ozone Park: rent, commute and grades

Queens · Updated November 2026

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Rent in Ozone Park

$1,397 a month, estimated

Type of homeA room in a 2-bedroom, shared by two

COverall

Grades compare NYC neighborhoods with each other. How the grades work.

CWalkability
The average home has 4.3 of 5 everyday needs within a 10-minute walk (grocery store, restaurant, cafe, subway station, park) and about 103 places to eat or shop.
CFood and shopping
Within a 10-minute walk of the average home: about 27 places to eat, 15 kinds of cuisine, 3.7 large grocery stores and 57 open storefronts.
FParks and green space
89% of residents live within a 10-minute walk of a park of an acre or more, with about 18 acres of parkland within 1 km and about 364 street trees within 300 m of the average home.

C-Community
15% of households moved in since 2018, 4% are roommates sharing a home, 19% of residents are 22 to 34, and there are about 9 cafes and bars within a 10-minute walk of the average home.
CNightlife
About 8 bars, clubs and restaurants licensed to serve alcohol on site within a 10-minute walk of the average home.

BSafety
4.5 murders, robberies, felony assaults and burglaries were reported per 1,000 residents in 2025 (222 in all).
Residents: The Queens side of Ozone Park has long felt safe, with serious crime rare nearby. Lifelong resident, Nov 2025
B-Quiet
37 noise complaints to 311 per 1,000 residents in 2025, not counting helicopter complaints, and counting each address at most 12 days a year. That measures how often people complain, not how loud it is.
B+Building upkeep
12.6 serious housing code violations (class B or C) were issued in 2025 per 100 rented homes, and there were 4.5 heat or hot water complaints per 100 rented homes.

SafetyThe Queens side of Ozone Park has long felt safe, with serious crime rare nearby. Lifelong resident, Nov 2025

By subway or bus, arriving by 9:00 on a weekday:Under 30 min30 to 45 min45 to 60 minOver an hourOzone Park

Ozone Park is known for the food of its growing South Asian, Hispanic and Indo-Caribbean communities, with Bangladeshi, Indian, Pakistani, Dominican, Peruvian and Guyanese cooking alongside its historic Italian and Jewish populations. Source
Ozone Park's main shopping streets are Atlantic Avenue, Liberty Avenue, 101st Avenue and Rockaway Boulevard, according to a 2024 city study. 101st Avenue is busy with doctors' offices, pharmacies and halal supermarkets and restaurants. Source
Ozone Park is a neighborhood of small, older buildings: 76% of its housing structures have two units or fewer, against 48% across Queens, and 44% were built before 1940. Source
A 2013 city rezoning of about 530 blocks of Ozone Park set out to protect its mostly one and two family houses, steering new apartment and mixed-use buildings to the main commercial streets and near transit. Source
Ozone Park was founded in the late 1800s as a retreat for wealthy New Yorkers drawn by its clean air, and it grew denser after the Fulton Street elevated line was built along Liberty Avenue. Source
Ozone Park has little green space, and the planned QueensWay linear park would run from Ozone Park north to Forest Hills. Source