Beach Channel Drive & Beach 68th Street

Beach Channel Drive and Beach 68th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Resort Nursing Home is 410 feet away. The nearest subway, Beach 67 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, five of them religious buildings, and five places to eat. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
5 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Beach 67 St
700 feet · 3 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
230 feet
Beach Channel Dr/Beach 69 St · Q22
Within a walk
11 places
5 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Beach Channel Drive & Beach 68th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Beach 67 St, 700 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Beach 67 St A
    700 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
    0.5 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 69 St, 230 feet away, for the Q22.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Beach Channel Dr/Beach 69 St Q22
    230 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, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2024.

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 four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • A posted limit of 30 mph

Homes

About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two.

Trees

NYC Parks records 80 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 10 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2016 and April 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Beach 68th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Beach Channel Drive

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

South side of Beach Channel Drive

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Battalion Christian Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    700 feet
  2. Bethel Emanuel Temple Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    910 feet
  3. P.S./M.s 042 R. Vernam School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Almeda Playground
    610 feet

Health care

  1. Resort Nursing Home Nursing home or hospice
    410 feet
  2. Ocean Gardens Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.3 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 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 68th 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.