Living in South Ozone Park: rent, commute and grades

Queens · Updated November 2026

Three detached houses in white, pink and tan with front gates and clipped hedges.

A wide street under a canopy of mature plane trees with parked cars along the curb.

A red brick firehouse with an arched red door and Engine 308 Battalion 51 lettering.

A residential street with shade trees, a crosswalk and small houses in sun.

A quiet corner with small houses, white picket fences and large shade trees.

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Rent in South Ozone Park

$1,539 a month, estimated

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

South Ozone Park is cheaper with roommates

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DOverall

South Ozone Park graded

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Everyday life

DWalkability
The average home has 3.2 of 5 everyday needs within a 10-minute walk (grocery store, restaurant, cafe, subway station, park) and about 100 places to eat or shop.
C-Food and shopping
Within a 10-minute walk of the average home: about 29 places to eat, 12 kinds of cuisine, 2.1 large grocery stores and 54 open storefronts.
FParks and green space
51% of residents live within a 10-minute walk of a park of an acre or more, with about 7 acres of parkland within 1 km and about 348 street trees within 300 m of the average home.

People

CCommunity
13% of households moved in since 2018, 4% are roommates sharing a home, 19% of residents are 22 to 34, and there are about 12 cafes and bars within a 10-minute walk of the average home.
B-Nightlife
About 11 bars, clubs and restaurants licensed to serve alcohol on site within a 10-minute walk of the average home.

Home and safety

B-Safety
5.3 murders, robberies, felony assaults and burglaries were reported per 1,000 residents in 2025 (431 in all).
DQuiet
63 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.
C+Building upkeep
14.7 serious housing code violations (class B or C) were issued in 2025 per 100 rented homes, and there were 9 heat or hot water complaints per 100 rented homes.

Who lives there

A mix of ages

Getting around from South Ozone Park

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

104 St A
111 St A
Aqueduct Racetrack A
Ozone Park-Lefferts Blvd A

Residents: Getting home from Manhattan nightlife by transit is hard, so a designated driver or West Indian clubs closer by in Queens were the usual answer. Family lived there, Feb 2026

What to know about South Ozone Park

South Ozone Park sits just north of John F. Kennedy International Airport, between Aqueduct Racetrack on the west and the Van Wyck Expressway on the east. Source
Aqueduct Racetrack opened in South Ozone Park on September 27, 1894, and was named for a Brooklyn Water Works conduit that crossed the site. Live racing there ended after 132 years and moved to the new Belmont Park. Source
Resorts World Casino New York City, a 415,000-square-foot casino in Aqueduct's former grandstand, opened in October 2011. Source
Rockaway Boulevard, Liberty Avenue and 101st Avenue are the area's commercial corridors, and the elevated A train runs along Liberty Avenue. Source
Most residential blocks are one- and two-family houses. The city's 2013 Ozone Park rezoning, which reached east to Lefferts Boulevard and the Van Wyck Expressway and south to the Belt Parkway, was written to reinforce that pattern. Source
The A train runs elevated along Liberty Avenue and one of its Queens branches ends at Ozone Park-Lefferts Boulevard. The Aqueduct Racetrack station has a passageway to Resorts World Casino. Source