Amstel Boulevard & Beach 73rd Street

Amstel Boulevard and Beach 73rd 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. Vernam Barbadoes Peninsula is 690 feet away. The nearest subway, Beach 67 St, is about six minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, three of them religious buildings, and three places to eat. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1964, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Map

Layers
Amstel Boulevard & Beach 73rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Subway

The nearest subway station is Beach 67 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. Beach 67 St A
    0.3 miles
    A

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. A …
Far Rockaway
1 line
  1. A …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “On and Off the Boardwalk” (2011) by Ingo Fast at the Beach 67 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Beach Channel Dr/Beach 72 St, 750 feet away, for the Q22.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Beach Channel Dr/Beach 72 St Q22
    750 feet
    Q22

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q22 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 6 bicycle racks within 820 feet

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 mile by car along the streets.

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

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 January 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
6 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1964.

Trees

Sixteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the goldenrain tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 6 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2018 and August 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Amstel Boulevard

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Beach 73rd Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 nature area

Schools and child care

  1. Bethel Emanuel Temple Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    910 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Vernam Barbadoes Peninsula Nature area
    690 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and two food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

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