Cornaga Avenue & Beach 21st Street

Cornaga Avenue and Beach 21st Street meet at a three-way junction in Far Rockaway-Bayswater, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Beach 20th Street Plaza is 510 feet away. The nearest subway, Far Rockaway-Mott Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and 24 places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
5 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Far Rockaway-Mott Av
1,080 feet · 4 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
290 feet
Beach 20 St/Cornaga Av · Q22, QM17
Within a walk
21 places
11 religious buildings, 2 libraries and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Cornaga Avenue & Beach 21st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Far Rockaway-Mott Av, 1,080 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Far Rockaway-Mott Av A
    1,080 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 Beach 20 St/Cornaga Av, 290 feet away, for the Q22 and QM17.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Beach 20 St/Cornaga Av Q22, QM17
    290 feet
    Q22 QM17

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q22 …
  2. QM17 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 31 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 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
26 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 502 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 24 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the sweetgum.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2024 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Beach 21st Street

  • Bus layover only 1 sign MTA BUS LAYOVER ONLY NO ENGINE IDLING MAX FINE $2000
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Bus layover only 1 sign NON-MTA BUS LAYOVER ONLY NO ENGINE IDLING MAX FINE $2000

West side of Beach 21st Street

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 2 libraries
  • 2 pedestrian plazas
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. New York Career Training School Trade or language school
    640 feet
  2. Peninsula Preparatory Academy Charter School
    1,270 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Beach 20th Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    510 feet
  2. Beach 21st Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    870 feet

Health care

  1. Premier Nursing and Rehab Center of Far Rockaway Nursing home or hospice
    1,260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Far Rockaway Teen Library
    260 feet
  2. Far Rockaway Library
    1,070 feet

Houses of worship

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

Community centers and public services

  1. Sorrentino Recreation Center
    750 feet
  2. Far Rockaway Post Office Listed historic place
    1,220 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 264/Engine 328/Ladder 134 Fire station
    1,130 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    900 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    1,180 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 places to eat and 19 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Beach 21st Street or Cornaga Avenue.

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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.