Beach 72nd Street & Burchell Avenue

Beach 72nd Street and Burchell Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Brant Point Wildlife Sanctuary is 540 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Beach Channel Dr/Beach 72 St, is 0.3 miles away for the Q22, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them nature areas. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge
1.3 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
Beach Channel Dr/Beach 72 St · Q22
Within a walk
4 places
2 nature areas and 2 religious buildings, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Beach 72nd Street & Burchell Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Beach Channel Dr/Beach 72 St, 0.3 miles away, for the Q22.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Beach Channel Dr/Beach 72 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, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 100-17 Beach Channel Drive Gas station
    1.7 miles
  2. 101-19 Rockaway Beach Boulevard Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    1.7 miles
  3. 248 Beach 116th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2024.

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
4 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two.

Trees

NYC Parks records 47 trees within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2024 and September 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Burchell Avenue

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Burchell Avenue

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 nature areas
  • 2 religious buildings

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Brant Point Wildlife Sanctuary Nature area
    540 feet
  2. Vernam Barbadoes Peninsula Nature area
    1,150 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 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, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Beach 72nd Street or Burchell 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.