Living in Bay Terrace: rent, commute and grades

Queens · Updated November 2026

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Rent in Bay Terrace

$2,329 a month, estimated

Type of homeA room in a 2-bedroom, shared by two

C+Overall

Grades compare NYC neighborhoods with each other. How the grades work.

DWalkability
The average home has 3.8 of 5 everyday needs within a 10-minute walk (grocery store, restaurant, cafe, subway station, park) and about 69 places to eat or shop.
DFood and shopping
Within a 10-minute walk of the average home: about 14 places to eat, 10 kinds of cuisine, 1.4 large grocery stores and 52 open storefronts.
C-Parks and green space
100% of residents live within a 10-minute walk of a park of an acre or more, with about 98 acres of parkland within 1 km and about 240 street trees within 300 m of the average home.

DCommunity
15% of households moved in since 2018, 5% are roommates sharing a home, 13% of residents are 22 to 34, and there are about 9 cafes and bars within a 10-minute walk of the average home.
C-Nightlife
About 6 bars, clubs and restaurants licensed to serve alcohol on site within a 10-minute walk of the average home.

ASafety
2.7 murders, robberies, felony assaults and burglaries were reported per 1,000 residents in 2025 (63 in all).
A+Quiet
17 noise complaints to 311 per 1,000 residents in 2025, not counting helicopter complaints, and counting each address at most 12 days a year. That measures how often people complain, not how loud it is.
A-Building upkeep
5.1 serious housing code violations (class B or C) were issued in 2025 per 100 rented homes, and there were 5.2 heat or hot water complaints per 100 rented homes.

By subway or bus, arriving by 9:00 on a weekday:Under 30 min30 to 45 min45 to 60 minOver an hourBay Terrace

Bay Terrace, on the water between the Throgs Neck Bridge and Bayside, is a quiet community made up mostly of co-ops, condominiums and townhouses. Source
Much of Bay Terrace was built in the 1950s on a 225-acre Bayside farm owned by the family behind the Cord Meyer Development Company, which sold it off in portions for development. Source
The Bay Terrace Shopping Center is the neighborhood's commercial hub. Cord Meyer kept 23 acres of its farm and began building the center there in 1960. Source
New rental apartments are going up at the shopping center: 145 units in two five-story buildings on its upper-level parking areas off 26th Avenue, started in September 2026 and expected to be finished at the beginning of 2028. Source
Fort Totten, on the peninsula by the Throgs Neck Bridge next to Bay Terrace, was an active Army base until it closed in the 1990s and has since been handed to the city as parkland. Source
Bay Terrace sits at the Queens end of the Throgs Neck Bridge, opened in 1961. On the Queens side the bridge feeds the Cross Island Parkway and the Clearview and Long Island expressways. Source