Beach Channel Drive & Beach 47th Street

Beach Channel Drive and Beach 47th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Edgemere Farm is 410 feet away. The nearest subway, Beach 44 St, is about six minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and two places to eat. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Beach 44 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
690 feet
Beach Channel Dr/Beach 44 St · Q22, Q121, QM17
Within a walk
19 places
9 religious buildings, 2 gardens and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Beach Channel Drive & Beach 47th 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 …

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, 690 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
    690 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, 2.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 38-01 Beach Channel Drive Gas station
    0.4 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 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 August 2021.

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

Since 2014 at least 101 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese pagoda tree and the bald cypress.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

North side of Beach Channel Drive

  • No parking 4 signs 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

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 nursing homes or hospices
  • 2 parks
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Blanche Community Progress Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    660 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Far Rock Urban Agro-Education Center Garden
    270 feet
  2. Edgemere Urban Renewal Park
    270 feet
  3. Edgemere Farm Garden
    410 feet
Show all 6
  1. Conch Playground
    530 feet
  2. Rockaway Community Park
    950 feet
  3. Arverne East Nature Preserve Nature area
    1,140 feet

Health care

  1. Rockaway Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    450 feet
  2. Peninsula Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,210 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 47/Engine 265/Ladder 121 Fire station
    990 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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Beach 47th 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.