Rockaway Beach Boulevard & Beach 111th Street

Rockaway Beach Boulevard and Beach 111th Street meet at a three-way junction in Breezy Point-Belle Harbor-Rockaway Park-Broad Channel, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Seaside Playground is 530 feet away. The nearest subway, Rockaway Park-Beach 116 St, is about six minutes on foot, for the A and S. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and nine places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Rockaway Park-Beach 116 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · A, S
Nearest bus stop
200 feet
Rockaway Beach Blvd/Beach 112 St · Q22, Q35
Within a walk
9 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 nursing homes or hospices and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Rockaway Beach Boulevard & Beach 111th 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 six 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 …

Also within a walk

  1. Beach 105 St A, S
    0.4 miles
    A 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 112 St, 200 feet away, for the Q22 and Q35.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rockaway Beach Blvd/Beach 112 St Q22, Q35
    200 feet
    Q22 Q35

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q22 …
  2. Q35 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Rockaway Beach Boulevard.

  • 1 bicycle rack 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, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 115-05 Beach Channel Drive Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 108-10 Rockaway Beach Drive Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    870 feet
  3. 248 Beach 116th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.3 miles

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 November 2023.

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

Homes

About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1929 and 1930.

Since 2014 at least 9 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

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

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2025 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Rockaway Beach Boulevard

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 nursing homes or hospices
  • 2 parks
  • 2 schools
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Waterside School for Leadership School
    440 feet
  2. Waterside Children's Studio School Pre-K
    440 feet
  3. Waterside Children's Studio School
    490 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. 047 Chris Galas Pre-K
    490 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Seaside Playground
    530 feet
  2. Rockaway Beach Park
    720 feet
  3. Rockaway Beach Boardwalk Park
    1,130 feet

Health care

  1. Beacon Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,040 feet
  2. Promenade Rehabilitation and Health Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,270 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,310 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    720 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Beach 111th 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.