Beach Channel Drive & Beach 81st Street

Beach Channel Drive and Beach 81st Street meet at a three-way junction in Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere, Queens, at the edge of NYCHA's Hammel development. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Hammel Playground is 1,250 feet away. The nearest subway, Beach 90 St, is about eight minutes on foot, for the A and S. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them gardens. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
2 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Beach 90 St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · A, S
Nearest bus stop
720 feet
Rockaway Beach Blvd/Beach 81 St · Q22
Within a walk
7 places
2 gardens, 2 playgrounds and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Beach Channel Drive & Beach 81st 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 eight 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, 720 feet away, for the Q22.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rockaway Beach Blvd/Beach 81 St Q22 · Shelter
    720 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 seven crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 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 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Hammel development.

Trees

NYC Parks records 23 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 26 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2015 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Beach 81st Street

  • Back-in parking only 4 signs BACK IN 60 DEG PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Beach 81st Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Beach Channel Drive

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

South side of Beach Channel Drive

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 gardens
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 community center
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

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

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Beach Channel Playground
    550 feet
  2. We Rose In Together Community Garden - Hammel Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    620 feet
  3. Bay 84th Street Community Garden
    1,200 feet
Show all 4
  1. Hammel Playground
    1,250 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Hammel Community Center
    770 feet

Supermarkets

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

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Beach 81st 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.