Beach 56th Street & Arverne Boulevard

Beach 56th Street and Arverne Boulevard meet at a four-way crossing in Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere, Queens, at the edge of NYCHA's Ocean Bay Apartments (Oceanside) development. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Cardozo Playground is 60 feet away. The nearest subway, Beach 60 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, two of them community centers, and one place to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Beach 60 St
1,060 feet · 4 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
960 feet
Beach Channel Dr/Beach 54 St · Q22
Within a walk
15 places
2 community centers, 2 playgrounds and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Beach 60 St, 1,060 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Beach 60 St A
    1,060 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 Channel Dr/Beach 54 St, 960 feet away, for the Q22.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Beach Channel Dr/Beach 54 St Q22 · Shelter
    960 feet
    Q22
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q22 …

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, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 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.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Ocean Bay Apartments (Oceanside) development.

Trees

NYC Parks records 64 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2024 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Arverne Boulevard

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Arverne Boulevard

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 community centers
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 career or business center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

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

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Cardozo Playground
    60 feet
  2. Arverne Playground
    140 feet
  3. Arverne East Nature Preserve Nature area
    450 feet
Show all 4
  1. Rockaway Beach and Boardwalk Park
    1,220 feet

Health care

  1. Lawrence Nursing Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Arverne Library
    820 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 57-17 Shore Front Parkway Older adult center
    790 feet
  2. Rockaway Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    790 feet
  3. Ocean Side Apartments Community Center
    1,050 feet
Show all 5
  1. Arverne Post Office
    1,110 feet
  2. Ocean Bay Community Center
    1,300 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 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 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.