Beach Channel Drive & Beach 90th Street

Beach Channel Drive and Beach 90th Street meet at a three-way junction in Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Bay Breeze Park is 250 feet away. The nearest subway, Beach 90 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the A and S. Within a five-minute walk are five public places and eight places to eat. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1960, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
6 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Beach 90 St
730 feet · 3 min on foot · A, S
Nearest bus stop
870 feet
Rockaway Beach Blvd/Beach 90 St · T354
Within a walk
5 places
1 day care or pre-K site, 1 listed historic place and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Beach Channel Drive & Beach 90th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Beach 90 St, 730 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Beach 90 St A, S
    730 feet
    A S

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Beach 98 St A, S
    0.4 miles
    A 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 90 St, 870 feet away, for the T354.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rockaway Beach Blvd/Beach 90 St T354
    870 feet
    T354

Next buses at this stop

  1. T354 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 3 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, 490 feet by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2022

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
8 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 300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1960.

Trees

Twenty trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in September 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

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

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 park
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Vip IV Daycare Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    990 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bay Breeze Park
    250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Rockaway Courthouse Listed historic place
    220 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 320 Beach 94th Street Older adult center
    1,030 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and four food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 90th Street or Beach Channel Drive.

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