Beach Front Road & Ocean Avenue South

Beach Front Road and Ocean Avenue South meet at a four-way crossing in Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Rockaway Beach and Boardwalk is 100 feet away. The nearest subway, Beach 60 St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are two public places. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 2010 and 2014, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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Beach Front Road & Ocean Avenue South Nearby corners, linked

Subway

The nearest subway station is Beach 60 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Beach 60 St A
    0.4 miles
    A

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. A …
Far Rockaway
1 line
  1. A …

Also within a walk

  1. Beach 67 St A
    0.4 miles
    A

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “The Beaches of New York City” (2011) by Simon Levenson at the Beach 60 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Rockaway Beach Blvd/Beach 67 St, 0.3 miles away, for the Q52 SBS.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rockaway Beach Blvd/Beach 67 St Q52 SBS
    0.3 miles
    Q52 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q52 SBS …

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, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 38-01 Beach Channel Drive Gas station
    1.5 miles
  2. 101-19 Rockaway Beach Boulevard Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    1.8 miles
  3. 248 Beach 116th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 miles

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 November 2021.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11692
Community board
Queens Community Board 14
City Council district
31
Police precinct
100
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 2010 and 2014.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in October 2016, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Beach Front Road

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rockaway Beach and Boardwalk Park
    100 feet
  2. Beach 59th St Playground
    650 feet

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 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

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