Arverne Boulevard & Beach 56th Place

Arverne Boulevard and Beach 56th Place meet at a three-way junction in Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Arverne Playground is 280 feet away. The nearest subway, Beach 60 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, two of them community centers, and one place to eat. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1964 and 1974, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Beach 60 St
930 feet · 4 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
880 feet
Beach 59 St/Rockaway FWY · Q52 SBS
Within a walk
16 places
2 community centers, 2 parks and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Arverne Boulevard & Beach 56th Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Beach 60 St, 930 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Beach 60 St A
    930 feet
    A

Next trains at this station

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

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “The Beaches of New York City” (2011) by Simon Levenson at the Beach 60 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Beach 59 St/Rockaway FWY, 880 feet away, for the Q52 SBS.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Beach 59 St/Rockaway FWY Q52 SBS
    880 feet
    Q52 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q52 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 bicycle rack 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, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 38-01 Beach Channel Drive Gas station
    1 mile
  2. 1-09 Beach 30th Street Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes 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 December 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11692
Community board
Queens Community Board 14
City Council district
31
Police precinct
101
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere
Elevation
5 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1964 and 1974.

Trees

NYC Parks records 68 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the red maple.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 community centers
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 career or business center
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bethel Emanuel Temple Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    520 feet
  2. Goldie Maple Academy School
    910 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Cardozo Playground
    80 feet
  2. Arverne Playground
    280 feet
  3. Arverne East Nature Preserve Nature area
    310 feet
Show all 6
  1. Rockaway Beach and Boardwalk Park
    1,080 feet
  2. Arverne Gardens Garden
    1,260 feet
  3. Rockaway Community Park
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Arverne Library
    960 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 57-17 Shore Front Parkway Older adult center
    660 feet
  2. Rockaway Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    660 feet
  3. Arverne Post Office
    970 feet
Show all 5
  1. Ocean Bay Community Center
    1,160 feet
  2. Ocean Side Apartments Community Center
    1,190 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and three food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change, a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Arverne Boulevard or Beach 56th Place.

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