Beach 72nd Street & Bayfield Avenue
Beach 72nd Street and Bayfield Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere, Queens. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Dubos Point Wildlife Sanctuary is 830 feet away. Within a five-minute walk are two public places. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, almost all in houses of one or two.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBy car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge at Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge & Beach 92nd Street, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.
- 100-17 Beach Channel Drive Gas station1.9 miles
- 101-19 Rockaway Beach Boulevard Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers1.9 miles
- 248 Beach 116th Street Fast charging for electric cars2.8 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo 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 December 2020.
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 300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two.
Trees
Eight trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the 'City Sprite' zelkova.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 11 signs on these blocks
- 2 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2016 and July 2021, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Bayfield Avenue
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
South side of Bayfield Avenue
- No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedTwo public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 nature areas
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Brant Point Wildlife Sanctuary Nature area40 feet
- Dubos Point Wildlife Sanctuary Nature area830 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is one food store.
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A bus stop within a ten-minute walk
- A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
- A signal or safety change
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, four of them within a three-minute walk:
- Beach 72nd Street & De Costa Avenue 250 feet
- Beach 72nd Street & Hillmeyer Avenue 500 feet
- Beach 69th Street & Bayfield Avenue 700 feet
- Almeda Avenue & Beach 72nd Street 750 feet
- Beach 69th Street & De Costa Avenue 940 feet
- Beach 68th Street & Bayfield Avenue 970 feet
- Beach 72nd Street & Burchell Avenue 1,000 feet
- Beach 69th Street & Hillmeyer Avenue 1,180 feet
See every intersection along Bayfield Avenue or Beach 72nd Street.