Beach Channel Drive & Beach 62nd Street

Beach Channel Drive and Beach 62nd Street meet at a five-way junction in Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere, Queens, at the edge of NYCHA's Ocean Bay Apartments (Oceanside) development. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Arverne Gardens is 880 feet away. The nearest subway, Beach 60 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are five public places and three places to eat. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
6 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Beach 60 St
890 feet · 3 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
310 feet
Beach Channel Dr/Beach 63 St · Q22
Within a walk
5 places
1 garden, 1 nursing home or hospice and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Beach Channel Drive & Beach 62nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Beach 60 St, 890 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Beach 60 St A
    890 feet
    A

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. A …
Far Rockaway
1 line
  1. A …

Also within a walk

  1. Beach 67 St A
    0.4 miles
    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 63 St, 310 feet away, for the Q22.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Beach Channel Dr/Beach 63 St Q22
    310 feet
    Q22

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q22 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Beach Channel Drive.

  • 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, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 38-01 Beach Channel Drive Gas station
    1.1 miles
  2. 1-09 Beach 30th Street Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    1.9 miles
  3. 248 Beach 116th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11692
Community board
Queens Community Board 14
City Council district
31
Police precinct
100
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere
Elevation
5 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Posted limits from 25 to 30 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Ocean Bay Apartments (Oceanside) development.

Trees

NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Wireless' zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2017 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Arverne Boulevard

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Arverne Boulevard

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of Beach 62nd Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Beach 62nd Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Beach Channel Drive

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Beach Channel Drive

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 garden
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 post office

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Almeda Playground
    800 feet
  2. Arverne Gardens Garden
    880 feet
  3. Rockaway Community Park
    880 feet

Health care

  1. Ocean Gardens Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    750 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Arverne Post Office
    560 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and three 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 Arverne Boulevard, Beach 62nd Street or Beach Channel Drive.

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