Beach Channel Drive & Beach 63rd Street

Beach Channel Drive and Beach 63rd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Almeda Playground is 570 feet away. The nearest subway, Beach 60 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places and three places to eat. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the silver linden.

Safety record
7 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Beach 60 St
1,130 feet · 4 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
Beach Channel Dr/Beach 63 St · Q22
Within a walk
7 places
1 garden, 1 nursing home or hospice and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Beach Channel Drive & Beach 63rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Beach 60 St, 1,130 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Beach 60 St A
    1,130 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
    0.3 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, 70 feet away, for the Q22.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q22 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Beach Channel Drive.

  • 10 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, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 38-01 Beach Channel Drive Gas station
    1.2 miles
  2. 101-19 Rockaway Beach Boulevard Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    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 nine crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 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
6 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • A posted limit of 30 mph

Homes

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the silver linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2024 and August 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Beach Channel Drive

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

South side of Beach Channel Drive

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 garden
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 post office
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S./M.s 042 R. Vernam School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Almeda Playground
    570 feet
  2. Arverne Gardens Garden
    1,120 feet
  3. Rockaway Community Park
    1,120 feet

Health care

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

Community centers and public services

  1. Arverne Post Office
    800 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Beach 63rd 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, NYC Health and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.