Beach Channel Drive & Beach 42nd Street

Beach Channel Drive and Beach 42nd Street meet at a three-way junction in Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Edgemere Urban Renewal Park is 790 feet away. The nearest subway, Beach 44 St, is about six minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, 12 of them religious buildings, and one place to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1972 and 1976, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
6 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Beach 44 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
360 feet
Beach Channel Dr/Beach 41 St · Q22
Within a walk
20 places
12 religious buildings, 3 gardens and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Beach Channel Drive & Beach 42nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Beach 44 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. Beach 44 St A
    0.3 miles
    A

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Beach 36 St A
    0.3 miles
    A

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Coom Barooom” (2011) by Jill Parisi at the Beach 44 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Beach Channel Dr/Beach 41 St, 360 feet away, for the Q22.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Beach Channel Dr/Beach 41 St Q22
    360 feet
    Q22

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q22 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Beach Channel Drive.

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, 2.4 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 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)
Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere
Elevation
6 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Posted limits from 25 to 30 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1972 and 1976.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 4 signs on these blocks
  • 1 rule

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

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

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 12 religious buildings
  • 3 gardens
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 community center
  • 1 park
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Community Parents Head Start Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    220 feet
  2. Kids-Centric, Inc Comm Parent Far Ro School
    260 feet
  3. Blanche Community Progress Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    550 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Far Rock Urban Agro-Education Center Garden
    780 feet
  2. Edgemere Urban Renewal Park
    790 feet
  3. Edgemere Farm Garden
    1,000 feet
Show all 4
  1. The Garden By The Bay Garden
    1,080 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Gertrudes Church House of worship
    970 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Beach 41st Community Center
    790 feet

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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Beach 42nd 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 Parks, NYC Health and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.