Central Avenue & Beach 9th Street
Central Avenue and Beach 9th Street meet at a three-way junction in Far Rockaway-Bayswater, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. In 2025, 1,074 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. First Presbyterian Church of Far Rockaway is 170 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Central Av/Virginia St, is 380 feet away for the Q113, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, eight of them religious buildings.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Central Av/Virginia St, 380 feet away, for the Q113.
- 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Central Av/Virginia St Q113380 feetQ113
Next buses at this stop
- Q113 …
By car
- 13-46 Beach Channel Drive Gas station0.6 miles
- 20-02 Seagirt Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers1.2 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported six crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
- 2 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 2 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.
Camera tickets
How tickets are countedIn 2025, 1,074 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 727th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.
In 2026 so far, through August 27, 567 more were issued.
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
- 23 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1931 and 1961.
Trees
NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 10 signs on these blocks
- 3 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2016 and November 2016, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of Beach 9th Street
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
West side of Beach 9th Street
- No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
South side of Central Avenue
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedEleven public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 8 religious buildings
- 1 listed historic place
- 1 nursing home or hospice
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- The Randolph Holder School for Social Justice School900 feet
Health care
- Far Rockaway Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Nursing home or hospice560 feet
Libraries, museums and history
- Russell Sage Memorial Church Listed historic place610 feet
Houses of worship
- First Presbyterian Church of Far Rockaway House of worship170 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is one food store.
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
- A signal or safety change
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Central Avenue & Sage Street 220 feet
- Central Avenue & Beach 12th Street 260 feet
- Central Avenue & Minton Street 270 feet
- Beach 9th Street & Alonzo Road 280 feet
- Augustina Avenue & Minton Street 480 feet
- Beach 12th Street & Augustina Avenue 520 feet
- Central Avenue & Virginia Street 550 feet
- Sage Street & Alonzo Road 560 feet
See every intersection along Beach 9th Street or Central Avenue.