Central Avenue & Mott Avenue

Central Avenue and Mott Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Far Rockaway-Bayswater, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 30 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. Far Rockaway Library is 110 feet away, and St Mary Star of the Sea RC Church is 1,220 feet away. The nearest subway, Far Rockaway-Mott Av, is about two minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are 31 public places, 15 of them religious buildings, and 30 places to eat.

Safety record
15 hurt
30 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Far Rockaway-Mott Av
440 feet · 2 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Mott Av/Central Av · Q113, Q114
Within a walk
31 places
15 religious buildings, 5 schools and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Central Avenue & Mott Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Far Rockaway-Mott Av, 440 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. Far Rockaway-Mott Av A
    440 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/Central Av, 40 feet away, for the Q113 and Q114.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Mott Av/Central Av Q113, Q114
    40 feet
    Q113 Q114

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q113 …
  2. Q114 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Beach 20th Street and Central Avenue.

  • 41 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

  1. 13-46 Beach Channel Drive Gas station
    1,250 feet
  2. 20-02 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 30 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 15 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 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, June 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
27 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,200 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 in 2020.

Since 2014 at least 1,581 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese zelkova and the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 55 signs on these blocks
  • 20 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2022 and August 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on Mott Avenue (north side), and as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on Mott Avenue (south side).

East side of Beach 20th Street

  • No stopping 6 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of Beach 20th Street

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Central Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

West side of Central Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 448986, 464298 and 465152.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Early 20th-century Renaissance Revival, and built between 1910 and 1912.

  1. Engine Companies 264 & 328 / Ladder Company 134 Designated landmark
    280 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 public places.

  • 15 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 2 libraries
  • 2 pedestrian plazas
  • 1 fire station
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. New York Career Training School Trade or language school
    480 feet
  2. World Harvest Deliverance Center School
    590 feet
  3. Challenge Preparatory Middle Charter School
    600 feet
Show all 6
  1. M.S. 053 Brian Piccolo School
    1,180 feet
  2. Success Academy Charter School - Far Rockaway School
    1,180 feet
  3. Village Academy School
    1,180 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Beach 21st Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    450 feet
  2. Beach 20th Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    500 feet
  3. Public space at Rockaway Village Public space
    880 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Far Rockaway Library
    110 feet
  2. Far Rockaway Teen Library
    740 feet
  3. Trinity Chapel Listed historic place
    900 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Mary Star of the Sea RC Church House of worship
    1,220 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Far Rockaway Post Office Listed historic place
    700 feet
  2. Sorrentino Recreation Center
    840 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 264/Engine 328/Ladder 134 Fire station
    170 feet
  2. 101st Precinct Police station
    960 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    310 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    1,060 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 places to eat and 22 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Beach 20th Street, Central Avenue 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.