Dickens Street & Ocean Crest Boulevard
Dickens Street and Ocean Crest Boulevard meet at a four-way crossing in Far Rockaway-Bayswater, Queens. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Frederick Douglass Academy VI High School is 890 feet away. The nearest subway, Beach 25 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, five of them schools, and one place to eat. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1950 and 1988, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredSubway
The nearest subway station is Beach 25 St, 910 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.
- Beach 25 St A910 feetA
Next trains at this station
Manhattan
1 line- A …
Far Rockaway
1 line- A …
Also within a walk
- Far Rockaway-Mott Av A0.5 milesA
The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Past/Present/Future” (2011) by Mauricio Lopez at the Beach 25 St station.
Bus
The nearest bus stop is Beach Channel Dr/Beach 25 St, 540 feet away, for the Q121.
- 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Beach Channel Dr/Beach 25 St Q121540 feetQ121
Next buses at this stop
- Q121 …
Cycling
- 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
- 13-46 Beach Channel Drive Gas station0.5 miles
- 20-38 Seagirt Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers0.6 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.
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
- 24 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 600 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 1988.
Trees
NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedEight public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 5 schools
- 3 religious buildings
Schools and child care
- Academy of Medical Technology: a College Board School890 feet
- Frederick Douglass Academy VI High School890 feet
- Knowledge and Power Preparatory Academy VI School890 feet
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- Queens High School for Information, Research, and Technology School890 feet
- Challenge Preparatory Charter School1,190 feet
Houses of worship
- Bayswater Jewish Center House of worship1,270 feet
Supermarkets
- Food Universe Supermarket0.4 miles
- Key Food Supermarket0.4 miles
- Shop Fair Supermarket0.5 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and three food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change, a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Beach Channel Drive & Ocean Crest Boulevard 100 feet
- Beach Channel Drive & Dickens Street 100 feet
- Rockaway Freeway & Ocean Crest Boulevard 210 feet
- Cornaga Avenue & Dickens Street 310 feet
- Gipson Street & Far Rockaway Boulevard 350 feet
- Beach Channel Drive & Gipson Street 390 feet
- Cornaga Avenue & Gipson Street 520 feet
- Beach Channel Drive & Bay 25th Street 550 feet
See every intersection along Dickens Street or Ocean Crest Boulevard.