Beach Channel Drive & Beach 122nd Street

Beach Channel Drive and Beach 122nd Street meet at a three-way junction in Breezy Point-Belle Harbor-Rockaway Park-Broad Channel, 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 Park is 40 feet away. The nearest subway, Rockaway Park-Beach 116 St, is about eight minutes on foot, for the A and S. Within a five-minute walk are three public places, two of them parks. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1929 and 1950, almost all in houses of one or two.

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Beach Channel Drive & Beach 122nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Subway

The nearest subway station is Rockaway Park-Beach 116 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Rockaway Park-Beach 116 St A, S
    0.4 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 Rockaway Beach Blvd/Beach 122 St, 0.3 miles away, for the QM16.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rockaway Beach Blvd/Beach 122 St QM16
    0.3 miles
    QM16

Next buses at this stop

  1. QM16 …

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, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

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

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 January 2023.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11694
Community board
Queens Community Board 14
City Council district
32
Police precinct
100
Elevation
6 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 1950.

Trees

Fifteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2021 and January 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Beach 122nd Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MAY 15 - SEPT 30 SATURDAY SUNDAY & HOLIDAYS

West side of Beach 122nd Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MAY 15 - SEPT 30 SATURDAY SUNDAY & HOLIDAYS

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks
  • 1 religious building

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Beach Channel Park
    40 feet
  2. Patricia A. Brackley Park
    370 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.