Rockaway Beach Boulevard & Beach 101st Street

Rockaway Beach Boulevard and Beach 101st Street meet at a four-way crossing in Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Rockaway Beach Boardwalk is 480 feet away. The nearest subway, Beach 98 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the A and S. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, four of them schools, and three places to eat. A bus lane runs along Rockaway Beach Boulevard, 7am to 10pm and 3pm to 7pm.

Safety record
5 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Beach 98 St
1,050 feet · 4 min on foot · A, S
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
Rockaway Beach Blvd/Beach 100 St · Q11, Q22
Within a walk
10 places
4 schools, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Rockaway Beach Boulevard & Beach 101st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Beach 98 St, 1,050 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Beach 98 St A, S
    1,050 feet
    A S

Next trains at this station

Inbound
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. S …
Rockaway Park
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. S …

Also within a walk

  1. Beach 105 St A, S
    0.4 miles
    A S

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Be Good or Be Gone” (2011) by Duke Riley at the Beach 98 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Rockaway Beach Blvd/Beach 100 St, 180 feet away, for the Q11 and Q22.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rockaway Beach Blvd/Beach 100 St Q11, Q22
    180 feet
    Q11 Q22

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q11 …
  2. Q22 …

Live arrivals

Rockaway Beach Boulevard carries a bus lane, 7am to 10pm and 3pm to 7pm on weekdays.

Cycling

  • 17 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, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 100-17 Beach Channel Drive Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 101-19 Rockaway Beach Boulevard Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    280 feet
  3. 248 Beach 116th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11694
Community board
Queens Community Board 14
City Council district
32
Police precinct
100
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere
Elevation
8 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1967 and 2001.

Trees

NYC Parks records 34 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the hawthorn.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2018 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Beach 101st Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Beach 101st Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Rockaway Beach Boulevard

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Rockaway Beach Boulevard

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM 3PM-7PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 park
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. District 27 Pre-K Center at 185 Beach 99th Street Pre-K center
    620 feet
  2. Channel View School for Research School
    1,220 feet
  3. Rockaway Collegiate High School
    1,220 feet
Show all 6
  1. 3-K at the Lyfe Program at Beach Channel Campus Pre-K
    1,220 feet
  2. Rockaway Park High School for Environmental Sustainability School
    1,220 feet
  3. United Charter High School for the Humanities LV School
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rockaway Beach Boardwalk Park
    480 feet
  2. Shore Front Parkway Adventure Course Playground
    610 feet
  3. Beach 98th Street Playground
    640 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Camillus St Virgillus RC Church House of worship
    260 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and four food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Beach 101st Street or Rockaway Beach Boulevard.

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