Brookhaven Avenue & Grassmere Terrace

Brookhaven Avenue and Grassmere Terrace meet at a four-way crossing in Far Rockaway-Bayswater, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Wave Preparatory Elementary School is 240 feet away. The nearest subway, Beach 25 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, three of them religious buildings, and one place to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1958 and 1964, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Beach 25 St
1,070 feet · 4 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
Beach Channel Dr/Beach 25 St · Q121
Within a walk
6 places
3 religious buildings, 1 nursing home or hospice and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Brookhaven Avenue & Grassmere Terrace Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Beach 25 St, 1,070 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Beach 25 St A
    1,070 feet
    A

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Far Rockaway-Mott Av A
    0.4 miles
    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, 0.3 miles away, for the Q121.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Beach Channel Dr/Beach 25 St Q121
    0.3 miles
    Q121

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q121 …

Live arrivals

By car

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash 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 September 2024.

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
18 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1958 and 1964.

Since 2014 at least 25 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2017 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Brookhaven Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

South side of Brookhaven Avenue

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of Grassmere Terrace

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Grassmere Terrace

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Wave Preparatory Elementary School
    240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Grassmere Playground
    330 feet

Health care

  1. Premier Nursing and Rehab Center of Far Rockaway Nursing home or hospice
    770 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and three food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet, a signal or safety change 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 Brookhaven Avenue or Grassmere Terrace.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, 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.