Rockaway Beach Boulevard & Beach 102nd Street

Rockaway Beach Boulevard and Beach 102nd Street meet at a three-way junction in Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Bayside Playground is 1,130 feet away. The nearest subway, Beach 98 St, is about five minutes on foot, for the A and S. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, three of them playgrounds, and two places to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1967 and 2006, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Beach 98 St
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · A, S
Nearest bus stop
320 feet
Rockaway Beach Blvd/Beach 102 St · Q53 SBS
Within a walk
7 places
3 playgrounds, 1 day care or pre-K site and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Rockaway Beach Boulevard & Beach 102nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Beach 98 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Beach 98 St A, S
    0.3 miles
    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
    0.3 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 102 St, 320 feet away, for the Q53 SBS.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rockaway Beach Blvd/Beach 102 St Q53 SBS · Shelter
    320 feet
    Q53 SBS
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q53 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 22 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals

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, 0.6 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
    200 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 one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2021.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2017

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
9 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 1,100 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 2006.

Trees

NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the eastern redcedar.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 67 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2016 and August 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Beach 102nd Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Parallel parking only 7 signs PARALLEL PARKING ONLY

West side of Beach 102nd Street

  • Back-in parking only 1 sign BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Parallel parking only 7 signs PARALLEL PARKING ONLY

North side of Rockaway Beach Boulevard

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Rockaway Beach Boulevard

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. District 27 Pre-K Center at 185 Beach 99th Street Pre-K center
    910 feet
  2. Scholars' Academy School
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rockaway Beach Boardwalk Park
    390 feet
  2. Shore Front Parkway Adventure Course Playground
    770 feet
  3. Beach 98th Street Playground
    850 feet
Show all 4
  1. Bayside Playground
    1,130 feet

Houses of worship

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

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    1,100 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: 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 102nd Street or Rockaway Beach Boulevard.

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