Beach Channel Drive & Amstel Boulevard

Beach Channel Drive and Amstel Boulevard 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. Resort Nursing Home is 1,020 feet away. The nearest subway, Beach 67 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, five of them religious buildings, and three places to eat. About 700 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Beach 67 St
1,090 feet · 4 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
310 feet
Beach Channel Dr/Beach 71 St · Q22
Within a walk
10 places
5 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Beach Channel Drive & Amstel Boulevard Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Beach 67 St, 1,090 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Beach 67 St A
    1,090 feet
    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 Beach Channel Dr/Beach 71 St, 310 feet away, for the Q22.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Beach Channel Dr/Beach 71 St Q22 · Shelter
    310 feet
    Q22
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q22 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 4 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 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 100-17 Beach Channel Drive Gas station
    1.5 miles
  2. 101-19 Rockaway Beach Boulevard Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    1.5 miles
  3. 248 Beach 116th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 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. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2022.

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
6 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • A posted limit of 30 mph

Homes

About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 27 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the goldenrain tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2017 and August 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Amstel Boulevard

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Beach Channel Drive

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 nature area
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Bethel Emanuel Temple Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    300 feet
  2. Battalion Christian Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Almeda Playground
    1,220 feet
  2. Vernam Barbadoes Peninsula Nature area
    1,310 feet

Health care

  1. Resort Nursing Home Nursing home or hospice
    1,020 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and three 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 Amstel Boulevard or Beach Channel Drive.

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