Rockaway Freeway & Cornaga Avenue

Rockaway Freeway and Cornaga Avenue meet at a five-way junction in Far Rockaway-Bayswater, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. In 2025, 228 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Premier Nursing and Rehab Center of Far Rockaway is 940 feet away. The nearest subway, Beach 25 St, is about six minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, three of them religious buildings. About 800 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
13 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Beach 25 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
1,180 feet
Beach Channel Dr/Beach 25 St · Q121
Within a walk
6 places
3 religious buildings, 1 nursing home or hospice and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Rockaway Freeway & Cornaga Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Beach 25 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. Beach 25 St A
    0.3 miles
    A

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. A …
Far Rockaway
1 line
  1. A …

Also within a walk

  1. Far Rockaway-Mott Av A
    0.4 miles
    A

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Past/Present/Future” (2011) by Mauricio Lopez at the Beach 25 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Beach Channel Dr/Beach 25 St, 1,180 feet away, for the Q121.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Beach Channel Dr/Beach 25 St Q121
    1,180 feet
    Q121

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q121 …

Live arrivals

By car

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 13 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 228 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,580th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 123 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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
21 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 25 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 23 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 13 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2020 and May 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Cornaga Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of Nasby Place

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Nasby Place

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Wave Preparatory Elementary School
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Grassmere Playground
    1,300 feet

Health care

  1. Premier Nursing and Rehab Center of Far Rockaway Nursing home or hospice
    940 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one food store.

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 20 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Cornaga Avenue, Nasby Place or Rockaway Freeway.

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