Almeda Avenue & Barbadoes Drive
Almeda Avenue and Barbadoes Drive meet at a four-way crossing in Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Brant Point Wildlife Sanctuary is 290 feet away. Within a five-minute walk are two public places. About 200 homes stand within 820 feet, almost all in houses of one or two. Ten trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBy car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge at Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge & Beach 92nd Street, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.
- 100-17 Beach Channel Drive Gas station1.8 miles
- 101-19 Rockaway Beach Boulevard Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers1.9 miles
- 248 Beach 116th Street Fast charging for electric cars2.8 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.
The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2022.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11692
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 14
- City Council district
- 31
- Police precinct
- 100
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere
- Elevation
- 4 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two.
Trees
Ten trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 10 signs on these blocks
- 2 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2016 and July 2017, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Almeda Avenue
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
South side of Almeda Avenue
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedTwo public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 nature areas
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Brant Point Wildlife Sanctuary Nature area290 feet
- Vernam Barbadoes Peninsula Nature area730 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is one food store.
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A bus stop within a ten-minute walk
- A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
- A signal or safety change
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, one of them within a three-minute walk:
- Almeda Avenue & Beach 72nd Street 660 feet
- Beach 72nd Street & Burchell Avenue 900 feet
- Beach 72nd Street & Hillmeyer Avenue 910 feet
- Beach 72nd Street & Elizabeth Avenue 1,150 feet
- Beach 72nd Street & De Costa Avenue 1,150 feet
- Almeda Avenue & Beach 69th Street 0.3 miles
- Thursby Avenue & Beach 72nd Street 0.3 miles
- Beach 72nd Street & Bayfield Avenue 0.3 miles
See every intersection along Almeda Avenue.