Beach 61st Street & Boardwalk

Beach 61st 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. Beach 59th St Playground is 290 feet away. The nearest subway, Beach 60 St, is about six 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, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest subway
Beach 60 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
Beach 59 St/Rockaway FWY · Q121
Within a walk
4 places
1 day care or pre-K site, 1 nature area and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Beach 61st Street & Boardwalk Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Beach 60 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six 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 …

Also within a walk

  1. Beach 67 St A
    0.5 miles
    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
    1.5 miles
  2. 101-19 Rockaway Beach Boulevard Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    1.8 miles
  3. 248 Beach 116th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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.

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
    1,040 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rockaway Beach and Boardwalk Park
    surrounds this corner
  2. Beach 59th St Playground
    290 feet
  3. Arverne East Nature Preserve Nature area
    1,280 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:

See every intersection along Beach 61st Street or Boardwalk.

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