Park Avenue is served by two railway stations: The Yeppoon railway line separates from the North Coast line immediately south of Glenmore Junction, travelling south-east into Berserker.

Stockland Rockhampton is a major shopping centre in the eastern corner of the suburb.

[3] Kershaw Gardens and the Tom Nutley Field are along the south-western edge of the suburb with Queen's Park on the southern tip of the suburb, beside the Fitzroy River and the Neville Hewitt Bridge.

In 1968 it was demolished and a senior citizen's village established on the site called St Matthew's Cottages.

[14][17] Emmaus College is a Catholic secondary school for boys and girls in Rockhampton.

[24] On the median strip of the Bruce Highway on the border of Park Avenue and Norman Gardens (opposite #411; 23°20′35″S 150°31′14″E / 23.343126°S 150.520673°E / -23.343126; 150.520673 (Big Bulls (Brahman No.

2))) is one of the seven Big Bulls statues that decorate Rockhampton, which regards itself as the Beef Capital of Australia.