Beach Channel Drive & Beach 36th Street

Beach Channel Drive and Beach 36th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Far Rockaway-Bayswater, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. St Gertrudes Church is 480 feet away. The nearest subway, Beach 36 St, is about a minute on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, four of them religious buildings, and one place to eat. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 2003 and 2023, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
5 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Beach 36 St
340 feet · 1 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
130 feet
Beach Channel Dr/Beach 36 St · Q22, Q121, QM17
Within a walk
10 places
4 religious buildings, 1 community center and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Beach Channel Drive & Beach 36th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Beach 36 St, 340 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. Beach 36 St A
    340 feet
    A

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. A …
Far Rockaway
1 line
  1. A …

Also within a walk

  1. Beach 25 St A
    0.5 miles
    A

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Convergence 1&2” (2011) by George Bates at the Beach 36 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Beach Channel Dr/Beach 36 St, 130 feet away, for the Q22, Q121 and QM17.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Beach Channel Dr/Beach 36 St Q22, Q121, QM17
    130 feet
    Q22 Q121 QM17

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q22 …
  2. Q121 …
  3. QM17 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Beach Channel Drive.

  • 6 bicycle racks within 820 feet

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, 2.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 38-01 Beach Channel Drive Gas station
    720 feet
  2. 1-09 Beach 30th Street Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.6 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 June 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11691
Community board
Queens Community Board 14
City Council district
31
Police precinct
101
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Far Rockaway-Bayswater
Elevation
5 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Posted limits from 25 to 30 mph

Homes

About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 2003 and 2023.

Since 2014 at least 300 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the common hackberry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 21 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2018 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Beach 36th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Beach 36th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of Beach Channel Drive

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of Beach Channel Drive

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 1 park
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Lighthouse Elementary School
    1,010 feet
  2. Community Parents Head Start Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. The Healing Garden
    310 feet
  2. Bayswater Park
    440 feet
  3. Bayswater Playground
    1,230 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Gertrudes Church House of worship
    480 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Beach 41st Community Center
    980 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 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 signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Beach 36th Street or Beach Channel Drive.

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