Beach Channel Drive & Beach 131st Street

Beach Channel Drive and Beach 131st 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. Mercaz Hatorah of Belle Harbor is 1,260 feet away. Within a five-minute walk are two public places. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1945, almost all in houses of one or two. Seven trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Safety record
1 hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge
1.8 miles by car along the streets
Within a walk
2 places
1 religious building and 1 school, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Beach Channel Drive & Beach 131st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge at Beach Channel Drive, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 115-05 Beach Channel Drive Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. 248 Beach 116th Street Charging for electric cars, six fast chargers
    1.1 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 2021.

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 1925 and 1945.

Trees

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

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Mercaz Hatorah of Belle Harbor School
    1,260 feet

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bus stop within a ten-minute walk
  • 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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Beach 131st Street or Beach Channel Drive.

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