Beach Channel Drive & Rockaway Freeway at Beach 84th Street

Beach Channel Drive, Rockaway Freeway and Beach 84th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere, Queens, at the edge of NYCHA's Hammel development. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Hammel Playground is 530 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 nine public places, two of them gardens, and seven places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Beach 90 St
1,290 feet · 5 min on foot · A, S
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
Rockaway Beach Blvd/Beach 88 St · Q22
Within a walk
9 places
2 gardens, 2 playgrounds and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Beach Channel Drive & Rockaway Freeway at Beach 84th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Beach 90 St, 1,290 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Beach 90 St A, S
    1,290 feet
    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

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, 0.4 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
    1.7 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.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

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
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 900 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 35 trees within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 74 signs on these blocks
  • 18 different rules
  • 6 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2019 and December 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on Beach Channel Drive (west side).

East side of Beach 84th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Beach 84th Street

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Beach Channel Drive

  • Metered parking 6 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Bus layover only 2 signs MTA BUS LAYOVER ONLY NO ENGINE IDLING MAX FINE $2000
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING SATURDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Beach Channel Drive

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-8PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING SATURDAY 7:30AM-8AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 454120, 455829 and 462374.

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 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Police Athletic League Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    990 feet
  2. Kids-Centric, Inc Far Rockaway School
    1,010 feet
  3. P.S. 183 Dr. Richard R. Green School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. We Rose In Together Community Garden - Hammel Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    110 feet
  2. Bay 84th Street Community Garden
    480 feet
  3. Hammel Playground
    530 feet
Show all 5
  1. Bay Breeze Park
    1,100 feet
  2. Beach Channel Playground
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    1,070 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven 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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Beach 84th Street, Beach Channel Drive or Rockaway Freeway.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.