Beach Channel Drive & Beach 37th Street

Beach Channel Drive and Beach 37th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Far Rockaway-Bayswater, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Lighthouse Elementary School is 1,290 feet away. The nearest subway, Beach 36 St, is about two minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, five of them religious buildings. About 700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1976 and 2005, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
12 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Beach 36 St
630 feet · 2 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
230 feet
Beach Channel Dr/Beach 36 St · Q22, Q121, QM17
Within a walk
11 places
5 religious buildings, 2 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Beach Channel Drive & Beach 37th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Beach 36 St, 630 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. Beach 36 St A
    630 feet
    A

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Beach 44 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, 230 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
    230 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.

  • 1 bicycle rack 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, 2.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 38-01 Beach Channel Drive Gas station
    430 feet
  2. 1-09 Beach 30th Street Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 12 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2022

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 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1976 and 2005.

Since 2014 at least 146 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 18 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2018 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Beach 37th Street

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

West side of Beach 37th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of Beach Channel Drive

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 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

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Community Parents Head Start Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    940 feet
  2. Kids-Centric, Inc Comm Parent Far Ro School
    1,050 feet
  3. Lighthouse Elementary School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bayswater Park
    540 feet
  2. The Healing Garden
    590 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Gertrudes Church House of worship
    200 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Beach 41st Community Center
    700 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Beach 37th Street or Beach Channel Drive.

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