Reads Lane & Oak Drive
Reads Lane and Oak Drive 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. Yeshiva of Far Rockaway is 1,100 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. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1950 and 1965, almost all in houses of one or two.
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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 mile
- 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.
- 1 person injured
- 0 people killed
- 1 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2025.
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
- 14 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 300 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 1950 and 1965.
Trees
NYC Parks records 70 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedFive public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 3 schools
- 2 religious buildings
Schools and child care
- Torah Academy for Girls High School970 feet
- Yeshiva of Far Rockaway School1,100 feet
- Torah Academy for Girls-Elementary School1,200 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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Reads Lane & Cedar Hill Road 200 feet
- Reads Lane & Elvira Avenue 360 feet
- Reads Lane & Hicksville Road 430 feet
- Elvira Avenue & Oak Drive 510 feet
- Frisco Avenue & Elvira Avenue 580 feet
- Reads Lane & Caffrey Avenue 600 feet
- Hicksville Road & Elvira Avenue 670 feet
- Meehan Avenue & Reads Lane 680 feet
See every intersection along Oak Drive or Reads Lane.