Beach Channel Drive & Beach 120th Street

Beach Channel Drive and Beach 120th Street meet at a three-way junction in Breezy Point-Belle Harbor-Rockaway Park-Broad Channel, Queens. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Tribute Park is 800 feet away. The nearest subway, Rockaway Park-Beach 116 St, is about six minutes on foot, for the A and S. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, four of them parks, and one place to eat. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1929 and 1940, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Rockaway Park-Beach 116 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · A, S
Nearest bus stop
1,230 feet
Newport Av/Beach 116 St · Q22
Within a walk
5 places
4 parks and 1 religious building, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Beach Channel Drive & Beach 120th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Rockaway Park-Beach 116 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Rockaway Park-Beach 116 St A, S
    0.3 miles
    A S

Next trains at this station

Inbound
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. S …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “First on the Beach and Wednesday Night Fireworks” (2008) by KK Kozik at the Rockaway Park-Beach 116 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Newport Av/Beach 116 St, 1,230 feet away, for the Q22.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Newport Av/Beach 116 St Q22 · Shelter
    1,230 feet
    Q22
    Shelter

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, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 115-05 Beach Channel Drive Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 248 Beach 116th Street Charging for electric cars, six fast chargers
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No 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 November 2020.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11694
Community board
Queens Community Board 14
City Council district
32
Police precinct
100
Elevation
7 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Posted limits from 25 to 30 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1929 and 1940.

Trees

Eleven trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 12 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2018 and December 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Beach 120th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MAY 15 - SEPT 30 SATURDAY SUNDAY & HOLIDAYS

West side of Beach 120th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MAY 15 - SEPT 30 SATURDAY SUNDAY & HOLIDAYS
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 parks
  • 1 religious building

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Beach Channel Park
    50 feet
  2. Tribute Park
    800 feet
  3. Patricia A. Brackley Park
    900 feet
Show all 4
  1. Memorial Circle
    1,180 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,150 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and two food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Beach 120th Street or Beach Channel Drive.

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