Beach 91st Street & Boardwalk
Beach 91st Street and Boardwalk meet at a three-way junction in Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere, Queens. The corner is also named Richie Allen's Way -- FDNY 9/11/01 by local law. It stands inside Rockaway Beach Boardwalk. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Rockaway Playground M is 810 feet away. The nearest subway, Beach 90 St, is about six minutes on foot, for the A and S. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and five places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredSubway
The nearest subway station is Beach 90 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.
- 2 lines at the nearest station
- Beach 90 St A, S0.3 milesA S
Next trains at this station
Inbound
2 lines- A …
- S …
Rockaway Park
2 lines- A …
- S …
The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Surf Station 90” (2011) by Michael Miller at the Beach 90 St station.
Bus
The nearest bus stop is Rockaway Beach Blvd/Beach 91 St, 1,190 feet away, for the Q52 SBS and Q109.
- 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Rockaway Beach Blvd/Beach 91 St Q52 SBS, Q1091,190 feetQ52 SBS Q109
Next buses at this stop
- Q52 SBS …
- Q109 …
Cycling
A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Boardwalk.
- 6 bicycle racks within 820 feet, one of them an on-street corral
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 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
- 1 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.
What the city has done here
- Leading pedestrian interval, March 2022
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11693
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 14
- City Council district
- 32
- Police precinct
- 100
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere
This corner is also named Richie Allen's Way -- FDNY 9/11/01, a co-naming enacted on May 5, 2004 (Local Law 8 of 2004).
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 in 1964.
Since 2014 at least 64 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.
Trees
NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pine.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Richie Allen's Way -- FDNY 9/11/01.
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedThree public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 garden
- 1 park
- 1 playground
This corner stands inside Rockaway Beach Boardwalk.
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Rockaway Beach Boardwalk Parksurrounds this corner
- Beach 91 Community Garden440 feet
- Rockaway Playground M Playground810 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket0.3 miles
Other stores
- Family Dollar Store0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and two food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, three of them within a three-minute walk:
- Shore Front Parkway & Beach 92nd Street 430 feet
- Holland Avenue & Beach 91st Street 640 feet
- Beach 90th Street & Holland Avenue 820 feet
- Shore Front Parkway & Beach 94th Street 850 feet
- Beach 92nd Street & Holland Avenue 890 feet
- Shore Front Parkway & Cross Bay Parkway 950 feet
- Shore Front Parkway & Beach 95th Street 1,040 feet
- Holland Avenue & Beach 93rd Street 1,130 feet
See every intersection along Beach 91st Street or Boardwalk.