Beach Channel Drive & Beach 83rd Street

Beach Channel Drive and Beach 83rd 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, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Beach Channel Playground is 1,010 feet away, and P.S. 183 Dr. Richard R. Green is 1,040 feet away. The nearest subway, Beach 90 St, is about six minutes on foot, for the A and S. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, two of them gardens.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Beach 90 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · A, S
Nearest bus stop
1,170 feet
Rockaway Beach Blvd/Beach 81 St · Q22
Within a walk
9 places
2 gardens, 2 playgrounds and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Beach Channel Drive & Beach 83rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Beach 90 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Beach 90 St A, S
    0.3 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, 1,170 feet away, for the Q22.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rockaway Beach Blvd/Beach 81 St Q22 · Shelter
    1,170 feet
    Q22
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q22 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 4 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, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash 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 February 2021.

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
  • A posted limit of 30 mph

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1954.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 3 signs on these blocks
  • 1 rule

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in May 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Beach Channel Drive

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 gardens
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 183 Dr. Richard R. Green School
    1,040 feet
  2. Police Athletic League Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,250 feet
  3. Kids-Centric, Inc Far Rockaway School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. We Rose In Together Community Garden - Hammel Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    170 feet
  2. Bay 84th Street Community Garden
    740 feet
  3. Hammel Playground
    790 feet
Show all 4
  1. Beach Channel Playground
    1,010 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Hammel Community Center
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

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 of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 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.