New Haven Avenue & Beach 20th Street

New Haven Avenue and Beach 20th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Far Rockaway-Bayswater, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 22 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. St Mary Star of the Sea RC Church is 170 feet away. The nearest subway, Far Rockaway-Mott Av, is about seven minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 13 places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
10 hurt
22 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Far Rockaway-Mott Av
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
530 feet
Beach 20 St/Brookhaven Av · Q22, QM17
Within a walk
16 places
7 religious buildings, 2 nursing homes or hospices and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
New Haven Avenue & Beach 20th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Far Rockaway-Mott Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Far Rockaway-Mott Av A
    0.3 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 20 St/Brookhaven Av, 530 feet away, for the Q22 and QM17.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Beach 20 St/Brookhaven Av Q22, QM17
    530 feet
    Q22 QM17

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q22 …
  2. QM17 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 16 bicycle racks within 820 feet

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
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 22 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 7 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2021
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, July 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
27 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 278 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 41 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 8 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2016 and November 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Beach 20th Street

  • Metered parking 6 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Ambulances only 1 sign AMBULANCE ONLY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

West side of Beach 20th Street

  • Metered parking 6 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of New Haven Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of New Haven Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 465365, 465366 and 465525.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 2 nursing homes or hospices
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 hospital
  • 1 library
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Peninsula Preparatory Academy Charter School
    830 feet
  2. New York Career Training School Trade or language school
    1,000 feet
  3. Ralph Hirschkorn Child Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,180 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Beach 20th Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,040 feet

Health care

  1. Queens Nassau Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    720 feet
  2. St Johns Episcopal Hospital So Shore Hospital
    920 feet
  3. Premier Nursing and Rehab Center of Far Rockaway Nursing home or hospice
    1,010 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Far Rockaway Teen Library
    680 feet

Houses of worship

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

Community centers and public services

  1. Sorrentino Recreation Center
    1,110 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Beach 20th Street or New Haven 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.