Beach Channel Drive & Beach 52nd Street

Beach Channel Drive and Beach 52nd Street meet at a three-way junction in Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere, Queens. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. P.S. 105 the Bay School is 580 feet away. The nearest subway, Beach 60 St, is about nine minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are nine 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.

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Beach Channel Drive & Beach 52nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Subway

The nearest subway station is Beach 60 St, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. Beach 60 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 “The Beaches of New York City” (2011) by Simon Levenson at the Beach 60 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Beach Channel Dr/Beach 51 St, 290 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
    290 feet
    Q22 Q52 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q22 …
  2. Q52 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 8 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, 1.9 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
    1.4 miles

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

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
  • A posted limit of 30 mph

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 30 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Village Green' zelkova.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 nursing homes or hospices
  • 1 community center
  • 1 library
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

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

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Conch Playground
    560 feet
  2. Rockaway Community Park
    720 feet

Health care

  1. Peninsula Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Nursing home or hospice
    520 feet
  2. Lawrence Nursing Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    700 feet
  3. Rockaway Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,110 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Arverne Library
    1,140 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Ocean Side Apartments Community Center
    1,160 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change, a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYPD, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.