Rockaway Beach Boulevard & Beach 120th Street

Rockaway Beach Boulevard and Beach 120th Street meet at a four-way crossing 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. Rockaway Beach is 810 feet away. The nearest subway, Rockaway Park-Beach 116 St, is about five minutes on foot, for the A and S. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, three of them parks, and ten places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Rockaway Park-Beach 116 St
1,320 feet · 5 min on foot · A, S
Nearest bus stop
310 feet
Rockaway Beach Blvd/Beach 119 St · Q35
Within a walk
6 places
3 parks, 2 religious buildings and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Rockaway Beach Boulevard & Beach 120th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Rockaway Park-Beach 116 St, 1,320 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Rockaway Park-Beach 116 St A, S
    1,320 feet
    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 119 St, 310 feet away, for the Q35.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rockaway Beach Blvd/Beach 119 St Q35
    310 feet
    Q35

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q35 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 2 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, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 115-05 Beach Channel Drive Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 248 Beach 116th Street Charging for electric cars, six fast chargers
    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 October 2025.

About this corner

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

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,100 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 1963.

Trees

NYC Parks records 81 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the red maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 23 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2019 and February 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Beach 120th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MAY 15 - SEPT 30 SATURDAY SUNDAY & HOLIDAYS
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Rockaway Beach Boulevard

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MAY 15 - SEPT 30 SATURDAY SUNDAY & HOLIDAYS
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Rockaway Beach Boulevard

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MAY 15 - SEPT 30 SATURDAY SUNDAY & HOLIDAYS

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 parks
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 library

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Memorial Circle
    100 feet
  2. Rockaway Beach Park
    810 feet
  3. Beach Channel Park
    1,210 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Seaside Library
    860 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and five 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Beach 120th 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 Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.