Elizabeth Avenue & Beach 51st Street
Elizabeth Avenue and Beach 51st Street meet at a three-way junction in Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Conch Playground is 220 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Beach Channel Dr/Beach 51 St, is 480 feet away for the Q22 and Q52 SBS, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them nursing homes or hospices. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Beach Channel Dr/Beach 51 St, 480 feet away, for the Q22 and Q52 SBS.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Beach Channel Dr/Beach 51 St Q22, Q52 SBS480 feetQ22 Q52 SBS
Next buses at this stop
- Q22 …
- Q52 SBS …
Cycling
- 4 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, 2.3 miles by car along the streets.
- 38-01 Beach Channel Drive Gas station0.7 miles
- 1-09 Beach 30th Street Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger1.4 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported five crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.
The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11691
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 14
- City Council district
- 31
- Police precinct
- 101
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere
- Elevation
- 7 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.
Since 2014 at least 431 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.
Trees
NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 5 signs on these blocks
- 2 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in July 2017, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of Beach 51st Street
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSix public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 nursing homes or hospices
- 2 playgrounds
- 1 park
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- P.S. 105 the Bay School320 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Rockaway Community Park50 feet
- Conch Playground220 feet
- Rockaway Community Playground1,260 feet
Health care
- Peninsula Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Nursing home or hospice720 feet
- Rockaway Care Center Nursing home or hospice1,300 feet
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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- Beach Channel Drive & Beach 51st Street 430 feet
- Conch Place & Elizabeth Avenue 440 feet
- Almeda Avenue & Conch Place 510 feet
- Norton Avenue & Elizabeth Avenue 530 feet
- Beach Channel Drive & Beach 52nd Street 680 feet
- Beach Channel Drive & Beach 50th Street 690 feet
- Norton Avenue & Beach 48th Street 820 feet
- Beach Channel Drive & Beach 53rd Street 930 feet
See every intersection along Beach 51st Street or Elizabeth Avenue.