Bay 32nd Street & Bessemund Avenue

Bay 32nd Street and Bessemund Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Far Rockaway-Bayswater, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Bayswater Park is 420 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Beach Channel Dr/Beach 25 St, is 0.5 miles away for the Q121. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them religious buildings. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Map

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Bay 32nd Street & Bessemund Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Beach Channel Dr/Beach 25 St, 0.5 miles away, for the Q121.

  • 1 route within a ten-minute walk
  1. Beach Channel Dr/Beach 25 St Q121
    0.5 miles
    Q121

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q121 …

Live arrivals

By car

  1. 38-01 Beach Channel Drive Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 20-38 Seagirt Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1 mile

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11691
Community board
Queens Community Board 14
City Council district
31
Police precinct
101
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Far Rockaway-Bayswater
Elevation
7 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 25 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 1 sign on these blocks
  • 1 rule

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in January 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bay 32nd Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 nature area
  • 1 park
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Congregation YMH School
    1,060 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Norton Basin Natural Resource Area Nature area
    150 feet
  2. Bayswater Park
    420 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Young Israel of Wavecrest & Bayswater House of worship
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance 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 of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.