Beach 65th Street & Thursby Avenue

Beach 65th Street and Thursby Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Almeda Playground is 390 feet away. The nearest subway, Beach 67 St, is about eight minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, two of them nursing homes or hospices, and two places to eat. About 700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1940 and 1960, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
7 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Beach 67 St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
1,240 feet
Beach Channel Dr/Beach 63 St · Q22
Within a walk
8 places
2 nursing homes or hospices, 2 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Beach 65th Street & Thursby Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Beach 67 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. Beach 67 St A
    0.4 miles
    A

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. A …
Far Rockaway
1 line
  1. A …

Also within a walk

  1. Beach 60 St A
    0.5 miles
    A

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “On and Off the Boardwalk” (2011) by Ingo Fast at the Beach 67 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Beach Channel Dr/Beach 63 St, 1,240 feet away, for the Q22.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Beach Channel Dr/Beach 63 St Q22
    1,240 feet
    Q22

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q22 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 12 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, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 38-01 Beach Channel Drive Gas station
    1.4 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
    2.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2023.

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
5 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1940 and 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2019 and August 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Thursby Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Thursby Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 nursing homes or hospices
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 nature area
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S./M.s 042 R. Vernam School
    310 feet
  2. Battalion Christian Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    900 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Almeda Playground
    390 feet
  2. Dubos Point Wildlife Sanctuary Nature area
    1,290 feet

Health care

  1. Ocean Gardens Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,060 feet
  2. Resort Nursing Home Nursing home or hospice
    1,180 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and two 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Beach 65th Street or Thursby Avenue.

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