Reads Lane & Empire Avenue
Reads Lane and Empire Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Far Rockaway-Bayswater, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Talmud Torah Siach Yitzchok is 1,170 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Beach 9 St/Cornaga Av, is 920 feet away for the Q113 and Q114. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, five of them religious buildings. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1955, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Beach 9 St/Cornaga Av, 920 feet away, for the Q113 and Q114.
- 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Beach 9 St/Cornaga Av Q113, Q114920 feetQ113 Q114
Next buses at this stop
- Q113 …
- Q114 …
By car
- 13-46 Beach Channel Drive Gas station0.8 miles
- 20-02 Seagirt Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers1.1 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported five crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
- 3 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 1 of those hurt, on a bike
The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.
What the city has done here
- Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2020
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
- 26 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1955.
Trees
Eighteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 11 signs on these blocks
- 1 rule
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of Empire Avenue
- No parking 11 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedSix public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 5 religious buildings
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- Talmud Torah Siach Yitzchok School1,170 feet
Supermarkets
- Shop Fair Supermarket0.4 miles
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 and 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:
- Sage Street & Empire Avenue 220 feet
- Reads Lane & Mobile Road 270 feet
- Sage Street & Balsam Court 460 feet
- Virginia Street & Empire Avenue 580 feet
- Reads Lane & Cedar Lawn Avenue 610 feet
- Beach 9th Street & Empire Avenue 710 feet
- Cornaga Avenue & Reads Lane 770 feet
- Cornaga Avenue & Mobile Road 830 feet
See every intersection along Balsam Court, Empire Avenue or Reads Lane.