Beach Channel Drive & Beach 140th Street

Beach Channel Drive and Beach 140th Street meet at a three-way junction in Breezy Point-Belle Harbor-Rockaway Park-Broad Channel, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. In 2025, 12,885 red-light camera tickets were recorded here. Jacob Riis Park is 820 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Rockaway Beach Blvd/Beach 141 St, is 0.4 miles away for the Q35 and QM16. Within a five-minute walk is one public place.

Safety record
5 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge
1.3 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
0.4 miles
Rockaway Beach Blvd/Beach 141 St · Q35, QM16
Within a walk
1 place
1 park, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Beach Channel Drive & Beach 140th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Rockaway Beach Blvd/Beach 141 St, 0.4 miles away, for the Q35 and QM16.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rockaway Beach Blvd/Beach 141 St Q35, QM16
    0.4 miles
    Q35 QM16

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q35 …
  2. QM16 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge at Beach Channel Drive, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported nine crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 12,885 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 4th most of the 200 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 5,663 more were issued.

Every corner with red-light camera tickets

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 200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1950.

Trees

Sixteen 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
  • 4 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2023 and January 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Beach 140th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MAY 15 - SEPT 30 SATURDAY SUNDAY & HOLIDAYS

West side of Beach 140th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MAY 15 - SEPT 30 SATURDAY SUNDAY & HOLIDAYS

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

One public place is within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 park

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Jacob Riis Park
    820 feet

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • 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 140th Street or Beach Channel Drive.

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