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How walkable is Rego Park?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Rego Park has a walkability score of 92 out of 100 across the 850 m around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car. It is the 2nd most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Queens, which scores 82 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
1,391 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Rego Park. The nearest grocery is Anapa International Русский Магазин, about 7 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for shopping, banks, parks and schools.
- R&m Supermarket8 min
- Rego Marketplace8 min
- East Meets West Chinese Restaurant & Take Out7 min
- Z & X Store Inc7 min
- 7-Eleven6 min
- Anne's Treeland6 min
- Dunkin'10 min
- Cafe Bora Bora11 min
- Valley Bank11 min
- Apple Bank11 min
- Russell Sage Playground14 min
- Juniper Valley Park16 min
- Our Saviour Early Childhood6 min
- Baby Steps Preschool7 min
- North Shore LIJ Forest Hills Hospital Medical Library16 min
- FHJC PJ Library20 min
- Ohr Natan Rego Park13 min
- Forest Hills Stadium18 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Rego Park at 40.7229, -73.8621. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 91 street intersections per km², and blocks average 105 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Rego Park
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 850 m around the centre of Rego Park. Rings mark 450 m and 850 m from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Queens
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Forest Hills | 1.5 km | 85 |
| Jackson Heights | 4.2 km | 95 |
| Flushing | 6.1 km | 92 |
| East New York | 6.5 km | 88 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Queens page.
Questions about walking in Rego Park
Is Rego Park walkable?
Yes. Rego Park in Queens has a walkability score of 92 out of 100 across the 850 m around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car.
Is Rego Park more walkable than the rest of Queens?
Rego Park is more walkable than Queens as a whole: it scores 92, against 82 for the 5 km around Queens's centre. It ranks 2nd of the 5 Queens neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Queens?
Of the 5 Queens neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Jackson Heights (95), Rego Park (92) and Flushing (92).
How is the walkability score of Rego Park calculated?
The score counts groceries, restaurants, shops, cafés, banks, parks, schools, libraries and cultural venues within a 30 minute walk, gives nearer places more weight, and deducts up to 20% where streets are sparse or blocks are long. For Rego Park it is the average of 58 points spread evenly across the 850 m around its mapped centre, leaving out water and land without streets, using open map data from Overture Maps and OpenStreetMap.
Scores follow a published walkability method, explained in the methodology. Neighbourhood position from Overture Maps, name from Wikidata.