Cornaga Avenue & Grassmere Terrace

Cornaga Avenue and Grassmere Terrace meet at a four-way crossing in Far Rockaway-Bayswater, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Wave Preparatory Elementary School is 980 feet away. The nearest subway, Far Rockaway-Mott Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, three of them religious buildings, and three places to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1950 and 1964, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
8 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Far Rockaway-Mott Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
1,280 feet
Beach 20 St/Cornaga Av · Q22, QM17
Within a walk
7 places
3 religious buildings, 1 library and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Cornaga Avenue & Grassmere Terrace Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Far Rockaway-Mott Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. Far Rockaway-Mott Av A
    0.3 miles
    A

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. A …

Also within a walk

  1. Beach 25 St A
    0.3 miles
    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, 1,280 feet away, for the Q22 and QM17.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Beach 20 St/Cornaga Av Q22, QM17
    1,280 feet
    Q22 QM17

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q22 …
  2. QM17 …

Live arrivals

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
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 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

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1950 and 1964.

Since 2014 at least 25 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Twenty trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Cornaga Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Cornaga Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

East side of Grassmere Terrace

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of Grassmere Terrace

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Grassmere Terrace

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 library
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Wave Preparatory Elementary School
    980 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Grassmere Playground
    1,060 feet

Health care

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Far Rockaway Teen Library
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and 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 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Cornaga Avenue or Grassmere Terrace.

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.