Beach 32nd Street & Surf Road

Beach 32nd Street and Surf Road 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. Beach 30th Street Playground is 30 feet away. The nearest subway, Beach 36 St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them gardens. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 2002 and 2004, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Beach 36 St
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
Seagirt Blvd/Beach 29 St · Q22, QM17
Within a walk
6 places
2 gardens, 1 park and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Beach 32nd Street & Surf Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Beach 36 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Beach 36 St A
    0.4 miles
    A

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. A …
Far Rockaway
1 line
  1. A …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Convergence 1&2” (2011) by George Bates at the Beach 36 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Seagirt Blvd/Beach 29 St, 0.3 miles away, for the Q22 and QM17.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Seagirt Blvd/Beach 29 St Q22, QM17
    0.3 miles
    Q22 QM17

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q22 …
  2. QM17 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 4 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

  1. 38-01 Beach Channel Drive Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 1-09 Beach 30th Street Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes 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 May 2023.

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 300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 2002 and 2004.

Trees

Fifteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Hetzii' Chinese juniper and the common hackberry.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 gardens
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 043 School
    1,070 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Beach 30th Street Playground
    30 feet
  2. Rockaway Beach and Boardwalk Park
    520 feet
  3. Community Serenity Garden
    1,020 feet
Show all 4
  1. Seagirt Boulevard Community Garden
    1,190 feet

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change, a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Beach 32nd Street.

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