Beach Channel Drive & Beach 73rd Street

Beach Channel Drive and Beach 73rd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Vernam Barbadoes Peninsula is 1,190 feet away. The nearest subway, Beach 67 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, four of them religious buildings, and three places to eat. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1964 and 2004, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
14 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Beach 67 St
1,130 feet · 4 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
280 feet
Beach Channel Dr/Beach 72 St · Q22
Within a walk
6 places
4 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Beach Channel Drive & Beach 73rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Beach 67 St, 1,130 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Beach 67 St A
    1,130 feet
    A

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. A …
Far Rockaway
1 line
  1. 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 72 St, 280 feet away, for the Q22.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Beach Channel Dr/Beach 72 St Q22
    280 feet
    Q22

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q22 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 2 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, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 100-17 Beach Channel Drive Gas station
    1.3 miles
  2. 101-19 Rockaway Beach Boulevard Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    1.3 miles
  3. 248 Beach 116th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 14 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

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
  • Posted limits from 25 to 30 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1964 and 2004.

Trees

Eighteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the sweetgum.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2021 and February 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Beach 73rd Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

East side of Beach Channel Drive

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Beach Channel Drive

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 nature area

Schools and child care

  1. Bethel Emanuel Temple Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    590 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Vernam Barbadoes Peninsula Nature area
    1,190 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    730 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three 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, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Beach 73rd Street or Beach Channel Drive.

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