Reads Lane & Elvira Avenue
Reads Lane and Elvira Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Far Rockaway-Bayswater, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Torah Academy for Girls High School is 1,240 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Beach 9 St/Caffery Av, is 1,250 feet away for the Q114, and two bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, three of them religious buildings.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Beach 9 St/Caffery Av, 1,250 feet away, for the Q114.
- 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Beach 9 St/Caffery Av Q1141,250 feetQ114
Next buses at this stop
- Q114 …
By car
- 13-46 Beach Channel Drive Gas station0.9 miles
- 20-02 Seagirt Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers1 mile
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 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 September 2022.
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
- 16 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1960.
Trees
NYC Parks records 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 6 signs on these blocks
- 3 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in April 2014, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Elvira Avenue
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
South side of Elvira Avenue
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedSix public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 3 religious buildings
- 3 schools
Schools and child care
- Mesivta Shaarei Chaim School1,190 feet
- Torah Academy for Girls High School1,240 feet
- Yeshiva of Far Rockaway School1,240 feet
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
- A signal or safety change
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Reads Lane & Caffrey Avenue 240 feet
- Reads Lane & Oak Drive 360 feet
- Reads Lane & Henry Road 450 feet
- Elvira Avenue & Annapolis Street 520 feet
- Reads Lane & Cedar Hill Road 560 feet
- Cornaga Avenue & Reads Lane 690 feet
- Frisco Avenue & Elvira Avenue 720 feet
- Caffrey Avenue & Annapolis Street 730 feet
See every intersection along Elvira Avenue or Reads Lane.