Beach Channel Drive & Beach 85th Street

Beach Channel Drive and Beach 85th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Bay Breeze Park is 680 feet away. The nearest subway, Beach 90 St, is about five minutes on foot, for the A and S. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them gardens, and five places to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1954, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
2 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Beach 90 St
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · A, S
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
Rockaway Beach Blvd/Beach 88 St · Q22
Within a walk
7 places
2 gardens, 1 day care or pre-K site and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Beach Channel Drive & Beach 85th 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 five 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 88 St, 0.3 miles away, for the Q22.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rockaway Beach Blvd/Beach 88 St Q22
    0.3 miles
    Q22

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, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 100-17 Beach Channel Drive Gas station
    0.8 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 five 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 October 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11693
Community board
Queens Community Board 14
City Council district
32
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 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.

Trees

NYC Parks records 22 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the tree of heaven.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2018 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Beach 85th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

West side of Beach 85th Street

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

North side of Beach Channel Drive

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

South side of Beach Channel Drive

  • No parking 4 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
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Police Athletic League Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,080 feet
  2. Kids-Centric, Inc Far Rockaway School
    1,100 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bay 84th Street Community Garden
    520 feet
  2. We Rose In Together Community Garden - Hammel Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    530 feet
  3. Bay Breeze Park
    680 feet
Show all 4
  1. Hammel Playground
    950 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    1,160 feet

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 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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Beach 85th 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.