Elvira Avenue & Oak Drive
Elvira Avenue and Oak Drive 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. P.S. 197 the Ocean School is 840 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Beach 9 St/Hicksville Rd, is 1,050 feet away for the Q114, and two bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, five of them schools.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Beach 9 St/Hicksville Rd, 1,050 feet away, for the Q114.
- 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Beach 9 St/Hicksville Rd Q1141,050 feetQ114
Next buses at this stop
- Q114 …
By car
- 13-46 Beach Channel Drive Gas station1 mile
- 20-02 Seagirt Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers1 mile
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 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 June 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
- 6 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1950 and 1970.
Trees
NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedTen public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 5 schools
- 3 religious buildings
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 playground
Schools and child care
- Torah Academy for Girls High School460 feet
- Yeshiva of Far Rockaway School590 feet
- P.S. 197 the Ocean School840 feet
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- Torah Academy for Girls-Elementary School890 feet
- Bnos Bais Yaakov Sherry Garber Pre School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 51,100 feet
- Bnos Bais Yaakov of Far Rockaway School1,150 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Lanett Playground840 feet
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- 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:
- Frisco Avenue & Elvira Avenue 70 feet
- Hicksville Road & Elvira Avenue 150 feet
- Frisco Avenue & Beach 8th Street 330 feet
- Hicksville Road & Beach 6th Street 340 feet
- Hicksville Road & Lanett Avenue 440 feet
- Reads Lane & Oak Drive 510 feet
- Hicksville Road & Beach 8th Street 620 feet
- Meehan Avenue & Beach 6th Street 700 feet
See every intersection along Elvira Avenue or Oak Drive.