Beach Channel Drive & Beach 66th Street

Beach Channel Drive and Beach 66th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Almeda Playground is 50 feet away. The nearest subway, Beach 67 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them religious buildings, and five places to eat. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
11 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Beach 67 St
950 feet · 4 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
240 feet
Beach Channel Dr/Beach 67 St · Q22, QM15, QM17
Within a walk
8 places
3 religious buildings, 2 nursing homes or hospices and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Beach Channel Drive & Beach 66th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Beach 67 St, 950 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Beach 67 St A
    950 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
    0.4 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 67 St, 240 feet away, for the Q22, QM15 and QM17.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Beach Channel Dr/Beach 67 St Q22, QM15, QM17 · Shelter
    240 feet
    Q22 QM15 QM17
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q22 …
  2. QM15 …
  3. QM17 …

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
    1.7 miles
  3. 248 Beach 116th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 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
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, July 2025

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

Homes

About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two.

Trees

NYC Parks records 100 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 23 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2015 and January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Beach 66th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Beach 66th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Beach Channel Drive

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

South side of Beach Channel Drive

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

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

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Almeda Playground
    50 feet

Health care

  1. Ocean Gardens Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    570 feet
  2. Resort Nursing Home Nursing home or hospice
    750 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and three food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 66th 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 Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.