Mott Avenue & Beach 21st Street

Mott Avenue and Beach 21st Street meet at a three-way junction in Far Rockaway-Bayswater, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 23 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The Engine 264/Engine 328/Ladder 134 firehouse is 400 feet away, and the 101st Precinct is 1,180 feet away. The nearest subway, Far Rockaway-Mott Av, is about a minute on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are 29 public places, 16 of them religious buildings, and 27 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
23 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Far Rockaway-Mott Av
220 feet · 1 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
Beach 21 St/Mott Av · Q22, QM17
Within a walk
29 places
16 religious buildings, 2 libraries and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Mott Avenue & Beach 21st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Far Rockaway-Mott Av, 220 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. Far Rockaway-Mott Av A
    220 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 Beach 21 St/Mott Av, 70 feet away, for the Q22 and QM17.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Beach 21 St/Mott Av Q22, QM17
    70 feet
    Q22 QM17

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q22 …
  2. QM17 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 39 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

  1. 13-46 Beach Channel Drive Gas station
    1,020 feet
  2. 20-38 Seagirt Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 23 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 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
27 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,300 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 in 2020.

Since 2014 at least 1,762 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the red maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2024 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Beach 21st Street

  • Bus layover only 1 sign MTA BUS LAYOVER ONLY NO ENGINE IDLING MAX FINE $2000
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Bus layover only 1 sign NON-MTA BUS LAYOVER ONLY NO ENGINE IDLING MAX FINE $2000

West side of Beach 21st Street

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Mott Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Early 20th-century Renaissance Revival, and built between 1910 and 1912.

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

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 public places.

  • 16 religious buildings
  • 2 libraries
  • 2 pedestrian plazas
  • 2 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. New York Career Training School Trade or language school
    700 feet
  2. World Harvest Deliverance Center School
    810 feet
  3. Challenge Preparatory Middle Charter School
    820 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Beach 21st Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    230 feet
  2. Beach 20th Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    560 feet
  3. Public space at Rockaway Village Public space
    660 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Far Rockaway Library
    330 feet
  2. Far Rockaway Teen Library
    960 feet
  3. Trinity Chapel Listed historic place
    1,130 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Far Rockaway Post Office Listed historic place
    920 feet
  2. Sorrentino Recreation Center
    1,070 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 264/Engine 328/Ladder 134 Fire station
    400 feet
  2. 101st Precinct Police station
    1,180 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    530 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    890 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 places to eat and 20 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Beach 21st Street or Mott Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.