Beach Channel Drive & Beach 65th Street

Beach Channel Drive and Beach 65th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. P.S./M.s 042 R. Vernam is 730 feet away. The nearest subway, Beach 67 St, is about five minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them nursing homes or hospices, and two places to eat. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Beach 67 St
1,230 feet · 5 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
470 feet
Beach Channel Dr/Beach 63 St · Q22
Within a walk
7 places
2 nursing homes or hospices, 2 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Beach Channel Drive & Beach 65th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Beach 67 St, 1,230 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Beach 67 St A
    1,230 feet
    A

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Beach 60 St A
    0.3 miles
    A

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “On and Off the Boardwalk” (2011) by Ingo Fast at the Beach 67 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Beach Channel Dr/Beach 63 St, 470 feet away, for the Q22.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q22 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Beach Channel Drive.

  • 16 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, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 38-01 Beach Channel Drive Gas station
    1.3 miles
  2. 101-19 Rockaway Beach Boulevard Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    1.8 miles
  3. 248 Beach 116th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 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
  • Posted limits from 25 to 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 91 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2018 and April 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Beach Channel Drive

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

South side of Beach Channel Drive

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 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.

  • 2 nursing homes or hospices
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S./M.s 042 R. Vernam School
    730 feet
  2. Battalion Christian Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    970 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Almeda Playground
    50 feet

Health care

  1. Ocean Gardens Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    300 feet
  2. Resort Nursing Home Nursing home or hospice
    1,020 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and two 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 corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Beach 65th 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 Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.