Dwight Avenue & Bay 31st Street

Dwight Avenue and Bay 31st Street meet at a three-way junction in Far Rockaway-Bayswater, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Challenge Preparatory Charter School is 1,150 feet away. The nearest subway, Beach 25 St, is about eight minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, five of them schools. About 700 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Beach 25 St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
0.4 miles
Beach Channel Dr/Beach 25 St · Q121
Within a walk
9 places
5 schools, 1 nature area and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Dwight Avenue & Bay 31st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Beach 25 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. Beach 25 St A
    0.4 miles
    A

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. A …
Far Rockaway
1 line
  1. A …

Also within a walk

  1. Beach 36 St A
    0.5 miles
    A

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, 0.4 miles away, for the Q121.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Beach Channel Dr/Beach 25 St Q121
    0.4 miles
    Q121

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q121 …

Live arrivals

By car

  1. 38-01 Beach Channel Drive Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 20-38 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 one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2025.

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
8 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 schools
  • 1 nature area
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Challenge Preparatory Charter School
    1,150 feet
  2. Academy of Medical Technology: a College Board School
    1,280 feet
  3. Frederick Douglass Academy VI High School
    1,280 feet
Show all 5
  1. Knowledge and Power Preparatory Academy VI School
    1,280 feet
  2. Queens High School for Information, Research, and Technology School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bayswater Park
    420 feet
  2. Norton Basin Natural Resource Area Nature area
    740 feet
  3. Bayswater Playground
    1,010 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Not on record for this corner:

  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
  • 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 Bay 31st Street or Dwight Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.