Central Avenue & Wheatley Street

Central Avenue and Wheatley Street meet at a three-way junction in Far Rockaway-Bayswater, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The Randolph Holder School for Social Justice is 210 feet away. The nearest subway, Far Rockaway-Mott Av, is about eight minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, nine of them religious buildings. About 800 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
5 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Far Rockaway-Mott Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
1,070 feet
Central Av/Virginia St · Q113
Within a walk
15 places
9 religious buildings, 2 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Central Avenue & Wheatley Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Far Rockaway-Mott Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. Far Rockaway-Mott Av A
    0.4 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, 1,070 feet away, for the Q113.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Central Av/Virginia St Q113
    1,070 feet
    Q113

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q113 …

Live arrivals

By car

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

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

Since 2014 at least 224 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 46 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
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2016 and June 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Central Avenue

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

West side of Central Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. The Randolph Holder School for Social Justice School
    210 feet
  2. World Harvest Deliverance Center School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Nameoke Park Playground
    730 feet
  2. Nameoke Park
    870 feet

Health care

  1. Far Rockaway Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Nursing home or hospice
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Russell Sage Memorial Church Listed historic place
    890 feet

Houses of worship

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

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Central Avenue or Wheatley Street.

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.