Beach 62nd Street & Compass Place

Beach 62nd Street and Compass Place meet at a three-way junction in Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere, Queens. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Rockaway Beach and Boardwalk is 730 feet away. The nearest subway, Beach 60 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are three public places. About 700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1999 and 2014, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Beach 60 St
1,180 feet · 4 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
Beach Channel Dr/Beach 63 St · Q22
Within a walk
3 places
1 day care or pre-K site, 1 park and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Beach 62nd Street & Compass Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Beach 60 St, 1,180 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Beach 60 St A
    1,180 feet
    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
    0.3 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 Channel Dr/Beach 63 St, 0.3 miles away, for the Q22.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Beach Channel Dr/Beach 63 St Q22
    0.3 miles
    Q22

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q22 …

Live arrivals

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, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 38-01 Beach Channel Drive Gas station
    1.3 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 crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2018.

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
Elevation
8 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1999 and 2014.

Trees

Two trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Not Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Lucille Rose Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,030 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rockaway Beach and Boardwalk Park
    730 feet
  2. Beach 59th St Playground
    1,180 feet

Not on record for this corner:

  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Beach 62nd Street or Compass Place.

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