Almeda Avenue & Beach 72nd Street

Almeda Avenue and Beach 72nd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Brant Point Wildlife Sanctuary is 300 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Beach Channel Dr/Beach 72 St, is 0.4 miles away for the Q22. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, three of them religious buildings. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge
1.3 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
0.4 miles
Beach Channel Dr/Beach 72 St · Q22
Within a walk
4 places
3 religious buildings and 1 nature area, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Almeda Avenue & Beach 72nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Beach Channel Dr/Beach 72 St, 0.4 miles away, for the Q22.

  • 1 route within a ten-minute walk
  1. Beach Channel Dr/Beach 72 St Q22
    0.4 miles
    Q22

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q22 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge at Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge & Beach 92nd Street, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 100-17 Beach Channel Drive Gas station
    1.7 miles
  2. 101-19 Rockaway Beach Boulevard Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    1.8 miles
  3. 248 Beach 116th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11692
Community board
Queens Community Board 14
City Council district
31
Police precinct
100
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere
Elevation
4 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 20 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2017 and April 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Almeda Avenue

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Almeda Avenue

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Beach 72nd Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 nature area

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Brant Point Wildlife Sanctuary Nature area
    300 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one food store.

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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Almeda Avenue or Beach 72nd Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.