Beach 60th Street & Boardwalk

Beach 60th Street and Boardwalk meet at a three-way junction in Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere, Queens. The corner stands inside Rockaway Beach and Boardwalk. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Arverne East Nature Preserve is 1,030 feet away. The nearest subway, Beach 60 St, is about five minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are four public places. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Boardwalk. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1970 and 1999, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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Beach 60th Street & Boardwalk Nearby corners, linked

Subway

The nearest subway station is Beach 60 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Beach 60 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 “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, 0.3 miles away, for the Q121.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Beach 59 St/Rockaway FWY Q121
    0.3 miles
    Q121

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q121 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Boardwalk.

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
    1.6 miles
  2. 101-19 Rockaway Beach Boulevard Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    1.9 miles
  3. 248 Beach 116th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.9 miles

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

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

Homes

About 300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1970 and 1999.

Trees

Ten trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the pine.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 nature area
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

This corner stands inside Rockaway Beach and Boardwalk.

Schools and child care

  1. Lucille Rose Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    790 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rockaway Beach and Boardwalk Park
    surrounds this corner
  2. Beach 59th St Playground
    40 feet
  3. Arverne East Nature Preserve Nature area
    1,030 feet

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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

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