Beach 20th Street & Plainview Avenue
Beach 20th Street and Plainview Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Far Rockaway-Bayswater, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Omni Childhood Center is 400 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Beach 20 St/Plainview Av, is 60 feet away for the Q22, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and nine places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Beach 20 St/Plainview Av, 60 feet away, for the Q22.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Beach 20 St/Plainview Av Q2260 feetQ22
Next buses at this stop
- Q22 …
By car
- 13-46 Beach Channel Drive Gas station0.8 miles
- 20-02 Seagirt Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers1,100 feet
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
- 7 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 6 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.
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
- 26 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- Two of the streets are one-way
Homes
About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1952.
Trees
NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 23 signs on these blocks
- 6 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2023 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of Beach 20th Street
- No parking 6 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
West side of Beach 20th Street
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
North side of Plainview Avenue
- No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
South side of Plainview Avenue
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedEight public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 day care or pre-K sites
- 2 religious buildings
- 2 schools
- 1 hospital
- 1 nursing home or hospice
Schools and child care
- Ralph Hirschkorn Child Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K70 feet
- Omni Childhood Center School400 feet
- Tiegerman School - Far Rockaway School560 feet
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- Bright Stars Daycare Center Preschool, ages 2 to 51,230 feet
Health care
- St Johns Episcopal Hospital So Shore Hospital590 feet
- Queens Nassau Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice1,290 feet
Bank branches
- Bank of America Bank branch400 feet
Supermarkets
- Shop Fair Supermarket380 feet
- Key Food Supermarket0.3 miles
Pharmacies
- CVS Pharmacy250 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and six food stores.
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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- Beach 20th Street & Elk Drive 330 feet
- Beach 19th Street & Plainview Avenue 380 feet
- Plainview Avenue & Fernside Place 590 feet
- Fernside Place & Camp Road 650 feet
- Fernside Place & Elk Drive 780 feet
- Seagirt Boulevard & Beach 20th Street 800 feet
- Beach 20th Street & Brookhaven Avenue 800 feet
- Beach 21st Street & Elk Drive 840 feet
See every intersection along Beach 20th Street or Plainview Avenue.