Newport Avenue & Beach 121st Street

Newport Avenue and Beach 121st Street meet at a four-way crossing in Breezy Point-Belle Harbor-Rockaway Park-Broad Channel, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Beach Channel Park is 620 feet away. The nearest subway, Rockaway Park-Beach 116 St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the A and S. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, four of them parks. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1950, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Rockaway Park-Beach 116 St
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · A, S
Nearest bus stop
890 feet
Rockaway Beach Blvd/Beach 122 St · QM16
Within a walk
5 places
4 parks and 1 religious building, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Newport Avenue & Beach 121st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Rockaway Park-Beach 116 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Rockaway Park-Beach 116 St A, S
    0.3 miles
    A S

Next trains at this station

Inbound
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. S …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “First on the Beach and Wednesday Night Fireworks” (2008) by KK Kozik at the Rockaway Park-Beach 116 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Rockaway Beach Blvd/Beach 122 St, 890 feet away, for the QM16.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rockaway Beach Blvd/Beach 122 St QM16
    890 feet
    QM16

Next buses at this stop

  1. QM16 …

Live arrivals

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, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2024.

About this corner

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

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 25 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2017 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Beach 121st Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MAY 15 - SEPT 30 SATURDAY SUNDAY & HOLIDAYS

West side of Beach 121st Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MAY 15 - SEPT 30 SATURDAY SUNDAY & HOLIDAYS
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING SATURDAY 1PM-MIDNIGHT

North side of Newport Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MAY 15 - SEPT 30 SATURDAY SUNDAY & HOLIDAYS
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 parks
  • 1 religious building

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Beach Channel Park
    620 feet
  2. Memorial Circle
    680 feet
  3. Patricia A. Brackley Park
    1,220 feet
Show all 4
  1. Tribute Park
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one food store.

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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Beach 121st Street or Newport Avenue.

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