Beach 25th Street & Deerfield Road
Beach 25th Street and Deerfield Road meet at a four-way crossing in Far Rockaway-Bayswater, Queens. The corner is also named Barbara Smith Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Grassmere Playground is 690 feet away. The nearest subway, Beach 25 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them religious buildings, and one place to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredSubway
The nearest subway station is Beach 25 St, 1,000 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.
- Beach 25 St A1,000 feetA
Next trains at this station
Manhattan
1 line- A …
Far Rockaway
1 line- A …
The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Past/Present/Future” (2011) by Mauricio Lopez at the Beach 25 St station.
Bus
The nearest bus stop is Seagirt Blvd/Beach 29 St, 1,140 feet away, for the QM17.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Seagirt Blvd/Beach 29 St QM171,140 feetQM17
Next buses at this stop
- QM17 …
By car
- 38-01 Beach Channel Drive Gas station0.8 miles
- 20-38 Seagirt Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers0.3 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported five crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
- 1 person injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in November 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
- 6 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Barbara Smith Way, a co-naming enacted on August 23, 2019 (Local Law 158 of 2019).
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1960.
Trees
Four trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Heritage' river birch.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Barbara Smith Way.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 18 signs on these blocks
- 6 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2016 and August 2020, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of Beach 25th Street
- No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
West side of Beach 25th Street
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
North side of Deerfield Road
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
South side of Deerfield Road
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFour public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 religious buildings
- 1 playground
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- Wave Preparatory Elementary School1,150 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Grassmere Playground690 feet
Supermarkets
- Shop Fair Supermarket0.3 miles
- Key Food Supermarket0.4 miles
- Food Universe Supermarket0.5 miles
Pharmacies
- CVS Pharmacy0.3 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and six food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 21 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Camp Road & Beach 25th Street 200 feet
- Beach 27th Street & Deerfield Road 280 feet
- Beach 25th Street & Collier Avenue 400 feet
- Briar Place & Deerfield Road 420 feet
- Edgemere Avenue & Camp Road 510 feet
- Beach 28th Street & Deerfield Road 520 feet
- Beach 27th Street & Collier Avenue 520 feet
- Beach 27th Street & Gertners Court 530 feet
See every intersection along Beach 25th Street or Deerfield Road.