Beach Channel Drive & Beach 45th Street

Beach Channel Drive and Beach 45th Street meet at a four-way crossing 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 40 feet away. The nearest subway, Beach 44 St, is about five minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and two places to eat. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
13 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Beach 44 St
1,300 feet · 5 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
230 feet
Beach Channel Dr/Beach 44 St · Q22, Q121, QM17
Within a walk
17 places
9 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Beach Channel Drive & Beach 45th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Beach 44 St, 1,300 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Beach 44 St A
    1,300 feet
    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
    0.5 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 44 St, 230 feet away, for the Q22, Q121 and QM17.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Beach Channel Dr/Beach 44 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.

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, 2.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 38-01 Beach Channel Drive Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 1-09 Beach 30th Street Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    1.1 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.

  • 12 people injured
  • 1 person killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2024.

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 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two.

Since 2014 at least 228 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the bald cypress.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 5 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2017 and August 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Beach Channel Drive

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

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

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 park
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Blanche Community Progress Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    190 feet
  2. Community Parents Head Start Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    960 feet
  3. Kids-Centric, Inc Comm Parent Far Ro School
    1,010 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Edgemere Urban Renewal Park
    40 feet
  2. Far Rock Urban Agro-Education Center Garden
    40 feet
  3. Edgemere Farm Garden
    260 feet
Show all 4
  1. Conch Playground
    1,000 feet

Health care

  1. Rockaway Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    910 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places 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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Beach 45th 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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.