Cornaga Avenue & Neilson Street

Cornaga Avenue and Neilson 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. It is 800 feet to the 101st Precinct, and Sorrentino Recreation Center is 1,110 feet away. The nearest subway, Far Rockaway-Mott Av, is about eight minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and six places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Far Rockaway-Mott Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
360 feet
Cornaga Av/Rose St · Q113, Q114
Within a walk
18 places
8 religious buildings, 5 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Cornaga Avenue & Neilson 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 Cornaga Av/Rose St, 360 feet away, for the Q113 and Q114.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Cornaga Av/Rose St Q113, Q114
    360 feet
    Q113 Q114

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q113 …
  2. Q114 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

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

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.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 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
28 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • 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. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1960.

Since 2014 at least 63 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 15 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2015 and June 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Cornaga Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Neilson Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Neilson Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and two buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Renaissance Revival. They were built between 1927 and 1928.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 police station
  • 1 post office
  • 1 recreation center

Schools and child care

  1. Little Friends Gan Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    240 feet
  2. M.S. 053 Brian Piccolo School
    990 feet
  3. Success Academy Charter School - Far Rockaway School
    990 feet
Show all 7
  1. Village Academy School
    990 feet
  2. Mesivta Shaarei Chaim School
    1,080 feet
  3. Talmud Torah Siach Yitzchok School
    1,130 feet
  4. Bnos Bais Yaakov Sherry Garber Pre School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Far Rockaway Post Office Listed historic place
    970 feet
  2. Sorrentino Recreation Center
    1,110 feet

Fire and police

  1. 101st Precinct Police station · landmark
    800 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    700 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and one food store.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Cornaga Avenue or Neilson 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.