Beach Channel Drive & Beach 80th Street

Beach Channel Drive and Beach 80th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Beach Channel Playground is 290 feet away. The nearest subway, Beach 90 St, is about nine minutes on foot, for the A and S. Within a five-minute walk are six public places. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 2005, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Beach 90 St
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · A, S
Nearest bus stop
890 feet
Rockaway Beach Blvd/Beach 81 St · Q22
Within a walk
6 places
1 community center, 1 garden and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Beach Channel Drive & Beach 80th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Beach 90 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Beach 90 St A, S
    0.4 miles
    A S

Next trains at this station

Inbound
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. S …
Rockaway Park
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. S …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Surf Station 90” (2011) by Michael Miller at the Beach 90 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Rockaway Beach Blvd/Beach 81 St, 890 feet away, for the Q22.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rockaway Beach Blvd/Beach 81 St Q22 · Shelter
    890 feet
    Q22
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q22 …

Live arrivals

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, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11693
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
  • 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 in 2005.

Trees

NYC Parks records 25 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2016 and August 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Beach 80th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Beach 80th Street

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

North side of Beach Channel Drive

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

South side of Beach Channel Drive

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 community center
  • 1 garden
  • 1 nature area
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 183 Dr. Richard R. Green School
    310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Beach Channel Playground
    290 feet
  2. We Rose In Together Community Garden - Hammel Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    890 feet
  3. Vernam Barbadoes Peninsula Nature area
    1,110 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Hammel Community Center
    1,040 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Beach 80th 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.