Norton Avenue & Beach 47th Street

Norton Avenue and Beach 47th Street meet at a three-way junction in Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Rockaway Community Park is 440 feet away. The nearest subway, Beach 44 St, is about nine minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, two of them gardens. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, almost all in houses of one or two. NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American basswood.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Beach 44 St
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
Beach Channel Dr/Beach 44 St · Q22, Q121, QM17
Within a walk
8 places
2 gardens, 2 parks and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Norton Avenue & Beach 47th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Beach 44 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. Beach 44 St A
    0.4 miles
    A

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. A …
Far Rockaway
1 line
  1. A …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Coom Barooom” (2011) by Jill Parisi at the Beach 44 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Beach Channel Dr/Beach 44 St, 0.3 miles away, for the Q22, Q121 and QM17.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Beach Channel Dr/Beach 44 St Q22, Q121, QM17
    0.3 miles
    Q22 Q121 QM17

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q22 …
  2. Q121 …
  3. QM17 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge at Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge & Beach 92nd Street, 2.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 38-01 Beach Channel Drive Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 1-09 Beach 30th Street Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    1.3 miles

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 May 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)
Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere
Elevation
4 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two.

Trees

NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American basswood.

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 gardens
  • 2 parks
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 playground

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rockaway Community Park
    440 feet
  2. Conch Playground
    690 feet
  3. Far Rock Urban Agro-Education Center Garden
    1,010 feet
Show all 5
  1. Edgemere Urban Renewal Park
    1,020 feet
  2. Edgemere Farm Garden
    1,150 feet

Health care

  1. Rockaway Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,080 feet

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 corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Beach 47th Street or Norton Avenue.

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