Central Avenue & Beach 12th Street

Central Avenue and Beach 12th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Far Rockaway-Bayswater, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Far Rockaway Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing is 820 feet away. The nearest subway, Far Rockaway-Mott Av, is about ten minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, six of them religious buildings. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1961, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Far Rockaway-Mott Av
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
630 feet
Central Av/Virginia St · Q113
Within a walk
11 places
6 religious buildings, 1 listed historic place and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Central Avenue & Beach 12th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Far Rockaway-Mott Av, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  1. Far Rockaway-Mott Av A
    0.5 miles
    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 Central Av/Virginia St, 630 feet away, for the Q113.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Central Av/Virginia St Q113
    630 feet
    Q113

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q113 …

Live arrivals

By car

  1. 13-46 Beach Channel Drive Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 20-02 Seagirt Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 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
19 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 500 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 1961.

Trees

NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Norway maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

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

East side of Beach 12th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Beach 12th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Central Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Central Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. The Randolph Holder School for Social Justice School
    640 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Nameoke Park Playground
    1,160 feet
  2. Nameoke Park
    1,300 feet

Health care

  1. Far Rockaway Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Nursing home or hospice
    820 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Russell Sage Memorial Church Listed historic place
    450 feet

Houses of worship

  1. First Presbyterian Church of Far Rockaway House of worship
    370 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two 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 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Beach 12th Street or Central Avenue.

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