Beach Channel Drive & Beach 49th Street

Beach Channel Drive and Beach 49th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Conch Playground is 60 feet away. The nearest subway, Beach 44 St, is about eight minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, two of them gardens. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. NYC Parks records 73 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the common hackberry.

Safety record
3 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Beach 44 St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
470 feet
Beach Channel Dr/Beach 51 St · Q22, Q52 SBS
Within a walk
10 places
2 gardens, 2 nursing homes or hospices and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Beach Channel Drive & Beach 49th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Beach 44 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. Beach 44 St A
    0.4 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, 470 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
    470 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
    0.5 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 five crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2023
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, March 2023

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

Homes

About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 237 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 73 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the common hackberry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 22 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2016 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Beach 49th Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Beach 49th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of Beach Channel Drive

  • No parking 2 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

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 gardens
  • 2 nursing homes or hospices
  • 2 parks
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 105 the Bay School
    870 feet
  2. Blanche Community Progress Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,140 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Conch Playground
    60 feet
  2. Rockaway Community Park
    480 feet
  3. Far Rock Urban Agro-Education Center Garden
    750 feet
Show all 5
  1. Edgemere Urban Renewal Park
    750 feet
  2. Edgemere Farm Garden
    890 feet

Health care

  1. Rockaway Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    340 feet
  2. Peninsula Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Nursing home or hospice
    730 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 47/Engine 265/Ladder 121 Fire station
    830 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one food store.

Not on record for this corner: 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 49th Street or Beach Channel Drive.

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