Beach Front Road & Water Way

Beach Front Road and Water Way meet at a three-way junction in Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere, Queens. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Rockaway Beach Boardwalk is 280 feet away. The nearest subway, Beach 67 St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them parks. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 2006 and 2007, almost all in houses of one or two.

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Beach Front Road & Water Way Nearby corners, linked

Subway

The nearest subway station is Beach 67 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Beach 67 St A
    0.4 miles
    A

Next trains at this station

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

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “On and Off the Boardwalk” (2011) by Ingo Fast at the Beach 67 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Rockaway Beach Blvd/Beach 73 St, 1,010 feet away, for the Q52 SBS.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rockaway Beach Blvd/Beach 73 St Q52 SBS
    1,010 feet
    Q52 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q52 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Beach Front Road.

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, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

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

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

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
Elevation
12 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

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 2006 and 2007.

Trees

Thirteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common are the Callery pear and the common hackberry.

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 October 2016, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Beach Front Road

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rockaway Beach Boardwalk Park
    280 feet
  2. Rockaway Beach and Boardwalk Park
    300 feet
  3. Rockaway Beach Playground
    590 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    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 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

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