Mott Avenue & Samantha Drive

Mott Avenue and Samantha Drive meet at a four-way crossing 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. Westbourne Playground is 540 feet away. The nearest subway, Far Rockaway-Mott Av, is about nine minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them religious buildings. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1931 and 1955, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Far Rockaway-Mott Av
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
Bay 28 St/Westbourne Av · Q22
Within a walk
4 places
2 religious buildings, 1 playground and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Mott Avenue & Samantha Drive Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Far Rockaway-Mott Av, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. Far Rockaway-Mott Av A
    0.5 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 Bay 28 St/Westbourne Av, 0.3 miles away, for the Q22.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bay 28 St/Westbourne Av Q22
    0.3 miles
    Q22

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q22 …

Live arrivals

By car

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

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 June 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
12 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 500 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 1955.

Trees

NYC Parks records 28 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 104 the Bays Water School
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Westbourne Playground
    540 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bayswater Jewish Center House of worship
    900 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Mott Avenue or Samantha Drive.

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.