Beach Channel Drive & Beach 48th Street

Beach Channel Drive and Beach 48th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Rockaway Care Center is 220 feet away, and P.S. 105 the Bay School is 1,120 feet away. The nearest subway, Beach 44 St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, five of them religious buildings, and one place to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Beach 44 St
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
720 feet
Beach Channel Dr/Beach 51 St · Q22, Q52 SBS
Within a walk
15 places
5 religious buildings, 2 gardens and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Beach Channel Drive & Beach 48th 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 seven 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 51 St, 720 feet away, for the Q22 and Q52 SBS.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Beach Channel Dr/Beach 51 St Q22, Q52 SBS · Shelter
    720 feet
    Q22 Q52 SBS
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q22 …
  2. Q52 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Beach Channel Drive.

  • 4 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, 2.1 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
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

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 in 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

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 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
    890 feet
  2. P.S. 105 the Bay School
    1,120 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Conch Playground
    310 feet
  2. Far Rock Urban Agro-Education Center Garden
    500 feet
  3. Edgemere Urban Renewal Park
    500 feet
Show all 5
  1. Edgemere Farm Garden
    640 feet
  2. Rockaway Community Park
    720 feet

Health care

  1. Rockaway Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    220 feet
  2. Peninsula Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Nursing home or hospice
    990 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 47/Engine 265/Ladder 121 Fire station
    760 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 of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Beach 48th 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 Parks, NYC Health and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.