Beach Channel Drive & Beach 169th Street

Beach Channel Drive and Beach 169th Street meet at a three-way junction in Jacob Riis Park-Fort Tilden-Breezy Point Tip, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Jacob Riis Park Golf Course is 830 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Beach 169 St/Rockaway Point Blvd, is 410 feet away for the Q35. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them parks.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge
1.5 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
410 feet
Beach 169 St/Rockaway Point Blvd · Q35
Within a walk
4 places
2 parks, 1 ferry landing and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Beach Channel Drive & Beach 169th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Beach 169 St/Rockaway Point Blvd, 410 feet away, for the Q35.

  • 1 route within a ten-minute walk
  1. Beach 169 St/Rockaway Point Blvd Q35 · Shelter
    410 feet
    Q35
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q35 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Beach 169th Street.

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge at Beach Channel Drive, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 115-05 Beach Channel Drive Gas station
    2.7 miles
  2. 248 Beach 116th Street Charging for electric cars, six fast chargers
    2.8 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 2021.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11697
City Council district
32
Police precinct
100
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Jacob Riis Park-Fort Tilden-Breezy Point Tip
Elevation
7 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks
  • 1 ferry landing
  • 1 golf course

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fort Tilden Park
    40 feet
  2. Jacob Riis Park
    50 feet
  3. Jacob Riis Park Golf Course
    830 feet

Other places

  1. Riis Landing Rockaway Ferry Ferry landing
    1,120 feet

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A signal or safety change
  • A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
  • Homes within 820 feet
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Beach 169th Street or Beach Channel Drive.

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