Belt Parkway & Rockaway Parkway

Belt Parkway and Rockaway Parkway meet at a four-way crossing in Canarsie Park & Pier, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 128 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. About 120 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1965 and 1975, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. Seventeen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

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Belt Parkway & Rockaway Parkway

Cycling

  • 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway, 330 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 9612 Rockaway Parkway Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Charging for electric cars, eight fast chargers
    1.4 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 128 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, undated in the City's record

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11234
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 18
City Council district
46
Police precinct
69
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Canarsie Park & Pier

Homes

About 120 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1965 and 1975.

Trees

Seventeen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in August 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Rockaway Parkway

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bus stop within a ten-minute walk
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
  • A listed public place within a five-minute walk

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