Ocean Bay - 51-32 Beach Channel Drive, Far Rockaway, NY 11691 - Property report

The Ocean Bay Apartments at 430 Beach 54 Street in Queens began as a post-war New York City Housing Authority project. Launched in 1951 with 7 six-story buildings, the brick apartment blocks were known as the Arverne Houses. Ten years later came another 24 mid-rise towers of seven and nine stories on the bay side of the property and dubbed Edgemere Houses. Today, the sections of Ocean Bay Apartments on both sides of Beach Channel Drive offer 1,795 apartments in trending Far Rockaway.

The sandy expanses of Rockaway Beach on the Atlantic Ocean are steps away, while the northern row of buildings push up against the spacious Rockaway Community Park, and all this is in addition to the large grassy lawns between the buildings of 430 Beach 54 Street. The Ocean Bay Apartments are part of School District 27 and two schools, P.S. 105 and the Goldie Maple School, adjoin the apartment complex. The QM17 bus stops right at the property, while the closest subway station serves the A train 0.4 miles away at Beach 59th and Rockaway Freeway. Two stations on the Long Island Rail Road are within walking distance.