Sage Street & Empire Avenue
Sage Street and Empire Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Far Rockaway-Bayswater, Queens. The corner is also named Rabbi Raphael “Ralph” Pelcovitz Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. In 2025, 5,222 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. The nearest bus stop, Beach 9 St/Cornaga Av, is 1,140 feet away for the Q113 and Q114. Within a five-minute walk are five public places.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Beach 9 St/Cornaga Av, 1,140 feet away, for the Q113 and Q114.
- 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Beach 9 St/Cornaga Av Q113, Q1141,140 feetQ113 Q114
Next buses at this stop
- Q113 …
- Q114 …
By car
- 13-46 Beach Channel Drive Gas station0.9 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 four crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
- 5 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 3 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2025.
Camera tickets
How tickets are countedIn 2025, 5,222 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 153rd most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.
In 2026 so far, through August 27, 1,620 more were issued.
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
- 27 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Rabbi Raphael “Ralph” Pelcovitz Way, a co-naming enacted on January 20, 2019 (Local Law 24 of 2019).
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1927 and 1955.
Trees
Seventeen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Rabbi Raphael “Ralph” Pelcovitz Way.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 9 signs on these blocks
- 1 rule
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Empire Avenue
- No parking 9 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
Places within a walk
How places are listedFive public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 5 religious buildings
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
- A signal or safety change
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:
- Reads Lane & Empire Avenue 220 feet
- Sage Street & Balsam Court 240 feet
- Virginia Street & Empire Avenue 360 feet
- Reads Lane & Mobile Road 490 feet
- Virginia Street & Almont Road 620 feet
- Sage Street & Bolton Road 720 feet
- Reads Lane & Cedar Lawn Avenue 830 feet
- Virginia Street & Beck Road 890 feet
See every intersection along Empire Avenue or Sage Street.