Reads Lane & Hicksville Road
Reads Lane and Hicksville Road meet at a four-way crossing in Far Rockaway-Bayswater, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Torah Academy for Girls High School is 900 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Beach 9 St/Hicksville Rd, is 0.3 miles away for the Q114, and two bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, three of them schools.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Beach 9 St/Hicksville Rd, 0.3 miles away, for the Q114.
- 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Beach 9 St/Hicksville Rd Q1140.3 milesQ114
Next buses at this stop
- Q114 …
By car
- 13-46 Beach Channel Drive Gas station1.1 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 two crashes 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 July 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
- 7 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 1960 and 1985.
Trees
NYC Parks records 93 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFive public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 3 schools
- 1 playground
- 1 religious building
Schools and child care
- Torah Academy for Girls-Elementary School770 feet
- Torah Academy for Girls High School900 feet
- Yeshiva of Far Rockaway School1,260 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Lanett Playground1,190 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 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Reads Lane & Cedar Hill Road 230 feet
- Meehan Avenue & Reads Lane 250 feet
- Reads Lane & Oak Drive 430 feet
- Hicksville Road & Beach 6th Street 450 feet
- Hicksville Road & Lanett Avenue 460 feet
- Reads Lane & Jarvis Avenue 510 feet
- Hicksville Road & Elvira Avenue 640 feet
- Meehan Avenue & Beach 6th Street 720 feet
See every intersection along Hicksville Road or Reads Lane.