Arverne Boulevard & Beach 57th Street

Arverne Boulevard and Beach 57th Street meet at a three-way junction in Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Cardozo Playground is 50 feet away, and Arverne Library is 1,100 feet away. The nearest subway, Beach 60 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, two of them parks, and one place to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Beach 60 St
800 feet · 3 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
730 feet
Beach 59 St/Rockaway FWY · Q52 SBS
Within a walk
15 places
2 parks, 2 playgrounds and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Arverne Boulevard & Beach 57th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Beach 60 St, 800 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Beach 60 St A
    800 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, 730 feet away, for the Q52 SBS.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q52 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 2 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, 1.7 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 four crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2024.

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 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the goldenrain tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2019 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Arverne Boulevard

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

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

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Cardozo Playground
    50 feet
  2. Arverne Playground
    420 feet
  3. Arverne East Nature Preserve Nature area
    450 feet
Show all 6
  1. Arverne Gardens Garden
    1,130 feet
  2. Rockaway Community Park
    1,130 feet
  3. Rockaway Beach and Boardwalk Park
    1,220 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Arverne Library
    1,100 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 57-17 Shore Front Parkway Older adult center
    800 feet
  2. Rockaway Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    800 feet
  3. Arverne Post Office
    830 feet
Show all 4
  1. Ocean Bay Community Center
    1,020 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and four 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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Arverne Boulevard or Beach 57th Street.

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.