Beach 108th Street & Rockaway Beach Drive

Beach 108th Street and Rockaway Beach Drive meet at a three-way junction in Breezy Point-Belle Harbor-Rockaway Park-Broad Channel, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Rockaway Beach Boardwalk is 550 feet away. The nearest subway, Beach 105 St, is about five minutes on foot, for the A and S. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them parks, and six places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Beach 105 St
1,210 feet · 5 min on foot · A, S
Nearest bus stop
230 feet
Rockaway Beach Blvd/Beach 108 St · Q11, Q53 SBS
Within a walk
8 places
3 parks, 2 playgrounds and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Beach 108th Street & Rockaway Beach Drive Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Beach 105 St, 1,210 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Beach 105 St A, S
    1,210 feet
    A S

Next trains at this station

Inbound
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. S …
Rockaway Park
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. S …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Vast” (2011) by Callie Hirsch at the Beach 105 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Rockaway Beach Blvd/Beach 108 St, 230 feet away, for the Q11 and Q53 SBS.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rockaway Beach Blvd/Beach 108 St Q11, Q53 SBS
    230 feet
    Q11 Q53 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q11 …
  2. Q53 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 3 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. 112-01 Beach Channel Drive Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 108-10 Rockaway Beach Drive Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    210 feet
  3. 248 Beach 116th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.6 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. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11694
Community board
Queens Community Board 14
City Council district
32
Police precinct
100
Elevation
10 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 700 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 1933 and 1963.

Trees

NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the eastern redcedar.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2020 and January 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Beach 108th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Beach 108th Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Rockaway Beach Drive

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE

South side of Rockaway Beach Drive

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 ferry landing
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Waterside School for Leadership School
    860 feet
  2. Waterside Children's Studio School Pre-K
    860 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Seaside Playground
    320 feet
  2. Rockaway Beach Boardwalk Park
    550 feet
  3. Sandpiper Playground
    720 feet
Show all 5
  1. Rockaway Beach Park
    920 feet
  2. Park at Beach 108 Street Park
    1,040 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    550 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Other places

  1. Rockaway Ferry Landing
    1,170 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and one food store.

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 18 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Beach 108th Street or Rockaway Beach Drive.

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