Mott Avenue & Caffrey Avenue

Mott Avenue and Caffrey Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Far Rockaway-Bayswater, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Cornell Burial Ground is 590 feet away. The nearest subway, Far Rockaway-Mott Av, is about nine minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and six places to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1931 and 1963, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Far Rockaway-Mott Av
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
750 feet
Beach 9 St/Caffery Av · Q114
Within a walk
17 places
7 religious buildings, 3 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Mott Avenue & Caffrey Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Far Rockaway-Mott Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. Far Rockaway-Mott Av A
    0.4 miles
    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 9 St/Caffery Av, 750 feet away, for the Q114.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Beach 9 St/Caffery Av Q114
    750 feet
    Q114

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q114 …

Live arrivals

By car

  1. 13-46 Beach Channel Drive Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 20-02 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 six crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 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
13 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1931 and 1963.

Since 2014 at least 63 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 25 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2018 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Caffrey Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Caffrey Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of Mott Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Mott Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 cemetery
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bnos Bais Yaakov of Far Rockaway School
    700 feet
  2. Mesivta Shaarei Chaim School
    870 feet
  3. Bnos Bais Yaakov Sherry Garber Pre School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    940 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. 197 the Ocean School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Cornell Burial Ground Cemetery
    590 feet
  2. Lanett Playground
    1,160 feet

Health care

  1. Haven Manor Health Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,120 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Far Rockaway Post Office Listed historic place
    1,190 feet
  2. Sorrentino Recreation Center
    1,300 feet

Fire and police

  1. 101st Precinct Police station
    990 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and one food store.

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Caffrey Avenue or Mott Avenue.

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