Ocean Crest Boulevard & Hartman Lane

Ocean Crest Boulevard and Hartman Lane meet at a four-way crossing in Far Rockaway-Bayswater, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Challenge Preparatory Charter School is 180 feet away. The nearest subway, Beach 25 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, five of them schools, and two places to eat. About 800 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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Ocean Crest Boulevard & Hartman Lane Nearby corners, linked

Subway

The nearest subway station is Beach 25 St, 1,040 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Beach 25 St A
    1,040 feet
    A

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Beach 36 St A
    0.4 miles
    A

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Past/Present/Future” (2011) by Mauricio Lopez at the Beach 25 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Beach Channel Dr/Beach 25 St, 900 feet away, for the Q121.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Beach Channel Dr/Beach 25 St Q121
    900 feet
    Q121

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q121 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

  1. 38-01 Beach Channel Drive Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 20-38 Seagirt Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 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
6 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 47 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry and the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 17 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2015 and September 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Hartman Lane

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-5PM

North side of Ocean Crest Boulevard

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Ocean Crest Boulevard

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 schools
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Challenge Preparatory Charter School
    180 feet
  2. Academy of Medical Technology: a College Board School
    740 feet
  3. Frederick Douglass Academy VI High School
    740 feet
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  1. Knowledge and Power Preparatory Academy VI School
    740 feet
  2. Queens High School for Information, Research, and Technology School
    740 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bayswater Park
    750 feet
  2. Bayswater Playground
    800 feet

Health care

  1. Bezalel Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    880 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    1,150 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

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.