Beach Channel Drive & Birdsall Avenue

Beach Channel Drive and Birdsall Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Far Rockaway-Bayswater, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. First Church of God Far Rockaway is 670 feet away. The nearest subway, Far Rockaway-Mott Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and nine places to eat. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 2006 and 2020, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
4 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Far Rockaway-Mott Av
1,180 feet · 5 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
350 feet
Beach Channel Dr/Nameoke St · Q114
Within a walk
17 places
10 religious buildings, 1 community center and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Beach Channel Drive & Birdsall Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Far Rockaway-Mott Av, 1,180 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Far Rockaway-Mott Av A
    1,180 feet
    A

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. A …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Respite” (2011) by Jason Rohlf at the Far Rockaway-Mott Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Beach Channel Dr/Nameoke St, 350 feet away, for the Q114.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Beach Channel Dr/Nameoke St Q114
    350 feet
    Q114

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q114 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Beach Channel Drive.

  • 4 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

  1. 13-46 Beach Channel Drive Gas station
    340 feet
  2. 20-38 Seagirt Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2022
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, August 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
11 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Posted limits from 25 to 30 mph

Homes

About 2,200 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 between 2006 and 2020.

Since 2014 at least 802 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 19 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2015 and March 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Beach Channel Drive

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Beach Channel Drive

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Birdsall Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Birdsall Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 nature area
  • 1 park
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bethel Emanuel Temple Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,040 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Jamaica Bay Park Nature area
    1,080 feet
  2. Nameoke Park
    1,170 feet
  3. Nameoke Park Playground
    1,200 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Rockaway Village Public space
    1,000 feet
  2. Beach 21st Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Far Rockaway Church of Christ House of worship
    360 feet
  2. First Church of God Far Rockaway House of worship
    670 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Redfern Community Center
    1,100 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    450 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and 14 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Beach Channel Drive or Birdsall Avenue.

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