Beach Channel Drive & Beach 50th Street

Beach Channel Drive and Beach 50th Street meet at a three-way junction in Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Queens corner. Rockaway Care Center is 610 feet away, and Edgemere Urban Renewal Park is 1,020 feet away. The nearest subway, Beach 44 St, is about nine minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, three of them nursing homes or hospices. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Beach 44 St
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
190 feet
Beach Channel Dr/Beach 51 St · Q22, Q52 SBS
Within a walk
10 places
3 nursing homes or hospices, 2 gardens and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Beach Channel Drive & Beach 50th 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 nine 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, 190 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
    190 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 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
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 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

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 431 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 80 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the common hackberry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

South side of Beach Channel Drive

  • No parking 2 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.

  • 3 nursing homes or hospices
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 parks
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 105 the Bay School
    590 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Conch Playground
    60 feet
  2. Rockaway Community Park
    740 feet
  3. Far Rock Urban Agro-Education Center Garden
    1,020 feet
Show all 5
  1. Edgemere Urban Renewal Park
    1,020 feet
  2. Edgemere Farm Garden
    1,160 feet

Health care

  1. Peninsula Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Nursing home or hospice
    460 feet
  2. Rockaway Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    610 feet
  3. Lawrence Nursing Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,200 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 47/Engine 265/Ladder 121 Fire station
    1,100 feet

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 50th 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 and NYC Health, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.