Beach 9th Street & Caffrey Avenue
Beach 9th Street and Caffrey Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Far Rockaway-Bayswater, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Mesivta Shaarei Chaim is 140 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Beach 9 St/Caffery Av, is 50 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 700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1960, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Beach 9 St/Caffery Av, 50 feet away, for the Q114.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Beach 9 St/Caffery Av Q11450 feetQ114
Next buses at this stop
- Q114 …
By car
- 13-46 Beach Channel Drive Gas station0.7 miles
- 20-02 Seagirt Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers0.8 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported ten crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
- 6 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 2 of those hurt, on foot
- 1 of those hurt, on a bike
The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2024.
What the city has done here
- Leading pedestrian interval, June 2016
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
- 19 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 700 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
NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 26 signs on these blocks
- 8 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2016 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of Beach 9th Street
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
West side of Beach 9th Street
- Ambulances only 1 sign AMBULANCE ONLY
- No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-5PM
North side of Caffrey Avenue
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
South side of Caffrey Avenue
- No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedTwelve public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 5 schools
- 4 religious buildings
- 2 day care or pre-K sites
- 1 playground
Schools and child care
- Mesivta Shaarei Chaim School140 feet
- Bnos Bais Yaakov Sherry Garber Pre School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5210 feet
- Bnos Bais Yaakov of Far Rockaway School500 feet
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- Yeshiva of Far Rockaway School890 feet
- P.S. 197 the Ocean School1,030 feet
- Talmud Torah Siach Yitzchok School1,150 feet
- Little Friends Gan Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K1,300 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Lanett Playground910 feet
Supermarkets
- Shop Fair Supermarket0.3 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 and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Beach 9th Street & Garden Court 240 feet
- Beach 9th Street & Roosevelt Court 240 feet
- Beach 9th Street & Dorian Court 280 feet
- Caffrey Avenue & Hurley Court 360 feet
- Beach 9th Street & Frisco Avenue 460 feet
- Caffrey Avenue & Greenwood Court 520 feet
- Cornaga Avenue & Beach 9th Street 540 feet
- Beach 9th Street & Hicksville Road 650 feet
See every intersection along Beach 9th Street or Caffrey Avenue.