Bessemund Avenue & Martin Court

Bessemund Avenue and Martin Court meet at a three-way junction in Far Rockaway-Bayswater, Queens. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Norton Basin Natural Resource Area is 470 feet away. The nearest subway, Beach 25 St, is about nine minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them religious buildings. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. NYC Parks records 24 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

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Bessemund Avenue & Martin Court Nearby corners, linked

Subway

The nearest subway station is Beach 25 St, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. Beach 25 St A
    0.5 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 “Past/Present/Future” (2011) by Mauricio Lopez at the Beach 25 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Beach Channel Dr/Beach 25 St, 0.4 miles away, for the Q121.

  • 1 route within a ten-minute walk
  1. Beach Channel Dr/Beach 25 St Q121
    0.4 miles
    Q121

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q121 …

Live arrivals

By car

  1. 38-01 Beach Channel Drive Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 20-38 Seagirt Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2019.

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
9 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 24 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 nature area
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 park
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Congregation YMH School
    1,060 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Norton Basin Natural Resource Area Nature area
    470 feet
  2. Bayswater Park
    740 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Young Israel of Wavecrest & Bayswater House of worship
    920 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 27-16 Healy Avenue Older adult center
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Not on record for this corner:

  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

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