Ocean Avenue South & Compass Place

Ocean Avenue South and Compass Place meet at a three-way junction in Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere, Queens. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Beach 59th St Playground is 960 feet away. The nearest subway, Beach 67 St, is about six minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are two public places. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 2011 and 2014, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest subway
Beach 67 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
Rockaway Beach Blvd/Beach 67 St · Q52 SBS
Within a walk
2 places
1 park and 1 playground, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Ocean Avenue South & Compass Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Beach 67 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. Beach 67 St A
    0.3 miles
    A

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Beach 60 St A
    0.3 miles
    A

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “On and Off the Boardwalk” (2011) by Ingo Fast at the Beach 67 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Rockaway Beach Blvd/Beach 67 St, 0.3 miles away, for the Q52 SBS.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rockaway Beach Blvd/Beach 67 St Q52 SBS
    0.3 miles
    Q52 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q52 SBS …

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, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 38-01 Beach Channel Drive Gas station
    1.4 miles
  2. 101-19 Rockaway Beach Boulevard Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    1.8 miles
  3. 248 Beach 116th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11692
Community board
Queens Community Board 14
City Council district
31
Police precinct
100
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere
Elevation
13 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 2011 and 2014.

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rockaway Beach and Boardwalk Park
    440 feet
  2. Beach 59th St Playground
    960 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.5 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 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Compass Place or Ocean Avenue South.

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