Cross Bay Boulevard & West 17th Road

Cross Bay Boulevard and West 17th Road meet at a three-way junction in Breezy Point-Belle Harbor-Rockaway Park-Broad Channel, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. In 2025, 4,838 red-light camera tickets were recorded here. Broad Channel Library is 110 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Cross Bay Blvd/W 17 Rd, is 60 feet away for the Q52 SBS, Q53 SBS, QM15 and two more. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them parks, and two places to eat.

Safety record
19 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Cross Bay Blvd/W 17 Rd · Q52 SBS, Q53 SBS, QM15, QM16 +1
Within a walk
6 places
2 parks, 1 library and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Cross Bay Boulevard & West 17th Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Cross Bay Blvd/W 17 Rd, 60 feet away, for the Q52 SBS, Q53 SBS, QM15, QM16 and QM17.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Cross Bay Blvd/W 17 Rd Q52 SBS, Q53 SBS, QM15, QM16 +1
    60 feet
    Q52 SBS Q53 SBS QM15 QM16 QM17

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q52 SBS …
  2. Q53 SBS …
  3. QM15 …
  4. QM16 …
  5. QM17 …

Live arrivals

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 19 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2025.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 4,838 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 38th most of the 200 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 2,557 more were issued.

Every corner with red-light camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11693
Community board
Queens Community Board 14
City Council district
32
Police precinct
100
Elevation
7 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 200 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 1925 and 1940.

Trees

NYC Parks records 118 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the goldenrain tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 2 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in September 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of West 17th Road

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West 17th Road

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks
  • 1 library
  • 1 nature area
  • 1 playground
  • 1 post office

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Broad Channel Park
    60 feet
  2. Broad Channel Park Playground
    140 feet
  3. Broad Channel American Park
    820 feet
Show all 4
  1. Sunset Cove Park Nature area
    1,070 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Broad Channel Library
    110 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Broad Channel Post Office
    190 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, four of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Cross Bay Boulevard.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, NYC Parks, NYC Health and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18–30, 2026.