Mott Avenue & Smith Place

Mott Avenue and Smith Place meet at a three-way junction in Far Rockaway-Bayswater, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 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 370 feet away. The nearest subway, Far Rockaway-Mott Av, is about three minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are 30 public places, 14 of them religious buildings, and 28 places to eat. About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 2020, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
5 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Far Rockaway-Mott Av
710 feet · 3 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
210 feet
Mott Av/Beach 20 St · Q113, Q114
Within a walk
30 places
14 religious buildings, 5 schools and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Mott Avenue & Smith Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Far Rockaway-Mott Av, 710 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Far Rockaway-Mott Av A
    710 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, 210 feet away, for the Q113 and Q114.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q113 …
  2. Q114 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 42 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

  1. 13-46 Beach Channel Drive Gas station
    0.3 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 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2024.

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
29 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 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 1,250 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 11 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2017 and March 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on Mott Avenue (south side).

North side of Mott Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

East side of Smith Place

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 448986 and 465152.

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
    340 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

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

Schools and child care

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

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Beach 21st Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    720 feet
  2. Beach 20th Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    760 feet
  3. Public space at Rockaway Village Public space
    1,140 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Far Rockaway Library
    290 feet
  2. Trinity Chapel Listed historic place
    640 feet
  3. Far Rockaway Teen Library
    1,000 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Mary Star of the Sea RC Church House of worship
    1,180 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Far Rockaway Post Office Listed historic place
    430 feet
  2. Sorrentino Recreation Center
    580 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 264/Engine 328/Ladder 134 Fire station
    370 feet
  2. 101st Precinct Police station · landmark
    700 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    50 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 places to eat and 18 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Mott Avenue 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.