Beach 12th Street & Hicksville Road

Beach 12th Street and Hicksville Road meet at a three-way junction in Far Rockaway-Bayswater, Queens. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. P.S. 197 the Ocean School is 680 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Beach 9 St/Hicksville Rd, is 330 feet away for the Q114, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, five of them schools. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1931 and 1970, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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Beach 12th Street & Hicksville Road Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Beach 9 St/Hicksville Rd, 330 feet away, for the Q114.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Beach 9 St/Hicksville Rd Q114
    330 feet
    Q114

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q114 …

Live arrivals

By car

  1. 13-46 Beach Channel Drive Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. 20-02 Seagirt Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

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
15 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1931 and 1970.

Trees

NYC Parks records 64 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in August 2017, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Hicksville Road

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 schools
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 cemetery
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Bnos Bais Yaakov of Far Rockaway School
    240 feet
  2. P.S. 197 the Ocean School
    680 feet
  3. Yeshiva of Far Rockaway School
    720 feet
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  1. Bnos Bais Yaakov Sherry Garber Pre School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    730 feet
  2. Mesivta Shaarei Chaim School
    1,080 feet
  3. Torah Academy for Girls High School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lanett Playground
    560 feet
  2. Cornell Burial Ground Cemetery
    1,200 feet

Health care

  1. Oceanview Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,230 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Khal Machzikei Torah Synagogue House of worship
    1,120 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair 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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

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