Foam Place & Smith Place

Foam Place and Smith Place 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. Engine Companies 264 & 328 / Ladder Company 134, one of two Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 250 feet away. The nearest subway, Far Rockaway-Mott Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are 30 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and 19 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Far Rockaway-Mott Av
1,150 feet · 4 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
650 feet
Mott Av/Beach 20 St · Q113, Q114
Within a walk
30 places
13 religious buildings, 5 schools and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Foam Place & Smith Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Far Rockaway-Mott Av, 1,150 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Far Rockaway-Mott Av A
    1,150 feet
    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 Mott Av/Beach 20 St, 650 feet away, for the Q113 and Q114.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Mott Av/Beach 20 St Q113, Q114
    650 feet
    Q113 Q114

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q113 …
  2. Q114 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 29 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

  1. 13-46 Beach Channel Drive Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 20-02 Seagirt Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.8 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 February 2023.

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

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,000 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 2019 and 2020.

Since 2014 at least 1,181 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese tree lilac and the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 10 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2016 and January 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on Foam Place (east side).

West side of Foam Place

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Smith Place

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 464323.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and three buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival. They were built between 1910 and 1928.

  1. Engine Companies 264 & 328 / Ladder Company 134 Designated landmark
    250 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 public places.

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 2 pedestrian plazas
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 library
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. World Harvest Deliverance Center School
    300 feet
  2. Challenge Preparatory Middle Charter School
    400 feet
  3. M.S. 053 Brian Piccolo School
    470 feet
Show all 6
  1. Success Academy Charter School - Far Rockaway School
    470 feet
  2. Village Academy School
    470 feet
  3. New York Career Training School Trade or language school
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Nameoke Park
    1,140 feet
  2. Nameoke Park Playground
    1,230 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Beach 21st Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,160 feet
  2. Beach 20th Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,200 feet
  3. Public space at Rockaway Village Public space
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Trinity Chapel Listed historic place
    460 feet
  2. Far Rockaway Library
    700 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Far Rockaway Post Office Listed historic place
    530 feet
  2. Sorrentino Recreation Center
    1,020 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 264/Engine 328/Ladder 134 Fire station
    650 feet
  2. 101st Precinct Police station · landmark
    1,030 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    440 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    1,130 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and 13 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Foam Place or Smith Place.

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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.