Beach Channel Drive & Beach 51st Street

Beach Channel Drive and Beach 51st Street meet at a four-way crossing in Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Peninsula Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is 280 feet away, and Far Rock Urban Agro-Education Center is 1,280 feet away. The nearest subway, Beach 44 St, is about ten minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them nursing homes or hospices. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

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

Map

Layers
Beach Channel Drive & Beach 51st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Beach 44 St, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  1. Beach 44 St A
    0.5 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, 50 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
    50 feet
    Q22 Q52 SBS

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
    0.6 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 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2022

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 1,300 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 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 10 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2016 and July 2017, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Beach 51st Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of Beach Channel Drive

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 nursing homes or hospices
  • 2 parks
  • 1 garden
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

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

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Conch Playground
    320 feet
  2. Rockaway Community Park
    480 feet
  3. Far Rock Urban Agro-Education Center Garden
    1,280 feet
Show all 4
  1. Edgemere Urban Renewal Park
    1,280 feet

Health care

  1. Peninsula Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Nursing home or hospice
    280 feet
  2. Rockaway Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    870 feet
  3. Lawrence Nursing Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    940 feet

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Beach 51st 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 and NYC Health, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.