Redfern Avenue & Dr Ed Williams Way

Redfern Avenue and Dr Ed Williams Way meet at a three-way junction 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. Beach 21st Street Plaza is 670 feet away. The nearest subway, Far Rockaway-Mott Av, is about two minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 19 places to eat. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 2020, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

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Redfern Avenue & Dr Ed Williams Way Nearby corners, linked

Subway

The nearest subway station is Far Rockaway-Mott Av, 540 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. Far Rockaway-Mott Av A
    540 feet
    A

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. A …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Respite” (2011) by Jason Rohlf at the Far Rockaway-Mott Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Mott Av/Redfern Av, 380 feet away, for the Q114 and Q121.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Mott Av/Redfern Av Q114, Q121
    380 feet
    Q114 Q121

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q114 …
  2. Q121 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 18 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

  1. 13-46 Beach Channel Drive Gas station
    380 feet
  2. 20-38 Seagirt Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles

Between 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 November 2023.

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

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 2020.

Since 2014 at least 1,458 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 26 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Kentucky coffeetree.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Early 20th-century Renaissance Revival, and built between 1910 and 1912.

  1. Engine Companies 264 & 328 / Ladder Company 134 Designated landmark
    680 feet

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 2 pedestrian plazas
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 library
  • 1 park
  • 2 other places

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Nameoke Park
    1,180 feet
  2. Nameoke Park Playground
    1,210 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Rockaway Village Public space
    400 feet
  2. Beach 21st Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    670 feet
  3. Beach 20th Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,190 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Far Rockaway Library
    960 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Far Rockaway Church of Christ House of worship
    830 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 264/Engine 328/Ladder 134 Fire station
    1,030 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,160 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    540 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and 17 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

Sources: NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.