Far Rockaway-Bayswater

Neighborhood · Queens

Far Rockaway and Bayswater fill the eastern end of the Rockaway Peninsula, between the Atlantic beaches and the shore of Jamaica Bay, out to the Nassau County line.

  • 2.17 square miles
  • 58,648 residents, 2020 Census
  • 407 street corners
  • 3 subway stations
  • 7 bus routes

In the 1830s the Marine Pavilion, a large oceanfront hotel, drew celebrated guests here; Far Rockaway was incorporated as a village in 1888 and joined New York City in 1898. Bayswater, on the bay side, was laid out around 1878 by William Trist Bailey and once had summer hotels. Today the A train ends at Mott Avenue, and a cluster of early-20th-century beach bungalows was listed on the National Register in 2013.

Sources: Far Rockaway, Queens (Wikipedia); Bayswater, Queens (Wikipedia); The Irish in the Rockaways (Terrence Flynn Sr.) (New York Irish History Roundtable); Queenswalk: The Bungalows of Far Rockaway (Brownstoner).

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Far Rockaway-Bayswater borders one area, and Mott Avenue holds more of its corners than any other street, 30 of 407.

Street map of Far Rockaway-Bayswater, Queens, outlined among Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere, with its three subway stations and Rockaway Beach and Boardwalk.Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere
  • Far Rockaway-Bayswater
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  • A station in the list
  • Another station

Neighborhood areas and streets: NYC Department of City Planning. Parks: NYC Parks. Stations: MTA.

Neighboring areas

Subway stations

  • Far Rockaway-Mott Av lines A accessible
  • Beach 25 St lines A
  • Beach 36 St lines A

Getting around

Three subway stations and buses on seven routes stop in or at the edge of Far Rockaway-Bayswater.

  • 3 subway stations
  • 1 of them listed by the MTA as fully accessible
  • 6 local bus routes
  • 1 express bus route

Local bus routes

  • Q22
  • Q97
  • Q113
  • Q114
  • Q121
  • T354

Express bus route

  • QM17

Safety record

Between 2021 and 2025, its corners averaged fewer police-reported crashes than the average Queens corner.

  • 1,706 police-reported crashes at its corners
  • 4.2 a corner, on average
  • 5.2 the average Queens corner
  • 105 corners with a clean record

Signal or safety changes on City record, at 27 of its corners

Leading pedestrian intervals
19
Accessible pedestrian signals
14
Turn calming
5
Safety Improvement Projects
1

Camera tickets

In 2025 its corners had more school-zone speed camera tickets than red-light or bus-lane tickets.

  • 8,029 red-light camera tickets at three corners
  • 44,840 school-zone speed camera tickets at 12 corners
  • 0 bus-lane camera tickets
Most red-light tickets
Seagirt Boulevard & Beach 9th Street, 3,686
Most speed tickets
Rockaway Freeway & Beach 25th Street, 12,888

People and homes

The 2020 Census counted 58,648 residents in Far Rockaway-Bayswater, about 27,000 per square mile.

  • 20,308 homes, 2020 Census
  • 3,294 homes added since April 2010, net, by City Planning's count

Half of its 5,148 residential lots hold buildings from 1955 or earlier, and 33% of them date from before 1940, by the City's tax lot records.

NYCHA development

NYCHA's Redfern development lies wholly or partly within Far Rockaway-Bayswater.

Parks and landmarks

Parkland
134 acres of NYC Parks property
The largest pieces
Rockaway Beach and Boardwalk (48.2 acres), Bayswater Park (25.1 acres) and Jamaica Bay Park (18.6 acres)
Designated landmarks
The Engine Companies 264 & 328 / Ladder Company 134 and 53rd Precinct Police Station

Streets and trees

Trees
6,412 in NYC Parks' records, most often thornless honeylocust, London planetree and Japanese flowering cherry
Street with the most corners
Mott Avenue, with 30 of the area's 407
Height above sea level
From 3 feet at Chandler Street & Battery Road to 30 feet at Mott Avenue & Beach 18th Street
Honorary street names
10 at its corners, enacted by local law

Schools and libraries

The City lists 30 schools and two libraries in Far Rockaway-Bayswater.

Public schools
16
Charter and private schools
14
Libraries
Far Rockaway Library and Far Rockaway Teen Library

Public safety

How complaints are counted

In 2025 the NYPD recorded 636 major felonies at places in Far Rockaway-Bayswater.

Recorded by the NYPD at places in Far Rockaway-Bayswater

  • 660 major felonies in 2024
  • 3,594 other felonies, misdemeanors and violations in 2025

In 2025, on the streets along the edge of Far Rockaway-Bayswater, the NYPD recorded another eight major felonies. Counting the streets along its edge, in 2025 the NYPD recorded 11.0 major felonies for every thousand residents the 2020 Census counted in Far Rockaway-Bayswater.

Police precinct
101st
Major felonies recorded at places in Far Rockaway-Bayswater, 2021 to 2025

From January to June 2026 the NYPD recorded 274 major felonies at places in Far Rockaway-Bayswater, against 288 in the same months of 2025.

Sources: the NYPD's Complaint Data Historic, updated April 28, 2026, and Complaint Data Current (Year To Date), updated July 27, 2026, on NYC Open Data. Figures to June 30, 2026.

Street corners

How the figures above are measured: Methodology.