East 8th Road & Church Road

East 8th Road and Church Road meet at a four-way crossing in Breezy Point-Belle Harbor-Rockaway Park-Broad Channel, Queens. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Gene Gray Playground is 490 feet away. The nearest subway, Broad Channel, is about three minutes on foot, for the A and S. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, three of them religious buildings, and one place to eat. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1935, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest subway
Broad Channel
910 feet · 3 min on foot · A, S
Nearest bus stop
520 feet
Cross Bay Blvd/Noel Rd · Q11, Q52 SBS, Q53 SBS, Q109 +4
Within a walk
7 places
3 religious buildings, 1 monument or memorial and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 8th Road & Church Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Broad Channel, 910 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Broad Channel A, S
    910 feet
    A S

Next trains at this station

Inbound
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. S …
Rockaways
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. S …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Cross Bay Blvd/Noel Rd, 520 feet away, for the Q11, Q52 SBS, Q53 SBS, Q109 and four more.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Cross Bay Blvd/Noel Rd Q11, Q52 SBS, Q53 SBS, Q109 +4
    520 feet
    Q11 Q52 SBS Q53 SBS Q109 Q121 QM15 QM16 QM17

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q11 …
  2. Q52 SBS …
  3. Q53 SBS …
  4. Q109 …
  5. Q121 …
  6. QM15 …
  7. QM16 …
  8. QM17 …

Live arrivals

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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
11693
Community board
Queens Community Board 14
City Council district
32
Police precinct
100
Elevation
5 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 400 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 1920 and 1935.

Trees

Fifteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the cherry plum.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2019 and November 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Church Road

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

South side of East 8th Road

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 monument or memorial
  • 1 nature area
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 047 Chris Galas School
    1,000 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Gene Gray Playground
    490 feet
  2. Broad Channel Wetlands Nature area
    870 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. George Riekers Veterans Memorial Monument or memorial
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Virgilius RC Church House of worship
    180 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and three food stores.

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 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Church Road or East 8th Road.

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