Cronston Avenue & Beach 126th Street

Cronston Avenue and Beach 126th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Breezy Point-Belle Harbor-Rockaway Park-Broad Channel, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Patricia A. Brackley Park is 550 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Rockaway Beach Blvd/Beach 127 St, is 0.3 miles away for the QM16, and two bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them parks, and six places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge
1.7 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
Rockaway Beach Blvd/Beach 127 St · QM16
Within a walk
4 places
2 parks, 1 religious building and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Cronston Avenue & Beach 126th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Rockaway Beach Blvd/Beach 127 St, 0.3 miles away, for the QM16.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rockaway Beach Blvd/Beach 127 St QM16
    0.3 miles
    QM16

Next buses at this stop

  1. QM16 …

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, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 115-05 Beach Channel Drive Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 248 Beach 116th Street Charging for electric cars, six fast chargers
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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 January 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11694
Community board
Queens Community Board 14
City Council district
32
Police precinct
100
Elevation
5 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 500 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 1930 and 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 66 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the red maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 24 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2023 and January 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Beach 126th Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MAY 15 - SEPT 30 SATURDAY SUNDAY & HOLIDAYS

West side of Beach 126th Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MAY 15 - SEPT 30 SATURDAY SUNDAY & HOLIDAYS

North side of Cronston Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MAY 15 - SEPT 30 SATURDAY SUNDAY & HOLIDAYS

South side of Cronston Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MAY 15 - SEPT 30 SATURDAY SUNDAY & HOLIDAYS

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Mercaz Hatorah of Belle Harbor School
    890 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Patricia A. Brackley Park
    550 feet
  2. Beach Channel Park
    750 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and 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 126th Street or Cronston Avenue.

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