Beach Channel Drive & Mott Avenue

Beach Channel Drive and Mott Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Far Rockaway-Bayswater, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 57 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection. Beach 21st Street Plaza is 580 feet away. The nearest subway, Far Rockaway-Mott Av, is about two minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, four of them religious buildings, and 19 places to eat.

Safety record
19 hurt
57 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Far Rockaway-Mott Av
450 feet · 2 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
230 feet
Mott Av/Redfern Av · Q114, Q121
Within a walk
10 places
4 religious buildings, 2 pedestrian plazas and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Beach Channel Drive & Mott Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Far Rockaway-Mott Av, 450 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. Far Rockaway-Mott Av A
    450 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 Mott Av/Redfern Av, 230 feet away, for the Q114 and Q121.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Mott Av/Redfern Av Q114, Q121
    230 feet
    Q114 Q121

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q114 …
  2. Q121 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Beach Channel Drive.

  • 17 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 57 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 19 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 9 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection, a designation it applies to corners selected for attention on their injury record. It is not a record of work done.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, April 2021
  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 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
16 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,400 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 1,498 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 29 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 38 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2015 and August 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Beach Channel Drive

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 5 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of Beach Channel Drive

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No stopping 7 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of Mott Avenue

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Mott Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 449000, 462374 and 463337.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 pedestrian plazas
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 library
  • 1 public space
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. New York Career Training School Trade or language school
    1,250 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Beach 21st Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    580 feet
  2. Public space at Rockaway Village Public space
    1,030 feet
  3. Beach 20th Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,120 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Far Rockaway Library
    890 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Far Rockaway Church of Christ House of worship
    1,090 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 264/Engine 328/Ladder 134 Fire station
    950 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,090 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    330 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and 15 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Beach Channel Drive or Mott 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.