Beach 79th Street & Aquatic Drive

Beach 79th Street and Aquatic Drive meet at a three-way junction in Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Beach Channel Playground is 40 feet away. The nearest subway, Beach 67 St, is about ten minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them religious buildings. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1968 and 2005, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
1 hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Beach 67 St
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
560 feet
Rockaway Beach Blvd/Beach 77 St · Q22, QM15, QM17
Within a walk
6 places
2 religious buildings, 1 nature area and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Beach 79th Street & Aquatic Drive Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Beach 67 St, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  1. Beach 67 St A
    0.5 miles
    A

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. A …
Far Rockaway
1 line
  1. 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 Rockaway Beach Blvd/Beach 77 St, 560 feet away, for the Q22, QM15 and QM17.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rockaway Beach Blvd/Beach 77 St Q22, QM15, QM17
    560 feet
    Q22 QM15 QM17

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q22 …
  2. QM15 …
  3. QM17 …

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, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash 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 June 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11693
Community board
Queens Community Board 14
City Council district
31
Police precinct
100
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1968 and 2005.

Trees

NYC Parks records 98 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 nature area
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 183 Dr. Richard R. Green School
    280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Beach Channel Playground
    40 feet
  2. Vernam Barbadoes Peninsula Nature area
    1,130 feet
  3. Rockaway Beach Boardwalk Park
    1,190 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Aquatic Drive or Beach 79th Street.

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