Rockaway Beach Boulevard & Beach 125th Street

Rockaway Beach Boulevard and Beach 125th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Breezy Point-Belle Harbor-Rockaway Park-Broad Channel, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Queens corner. Rockaway Beach is 890 feet away. The nearest subway, Rockaway Park-Beach 116 St, is about ten minutes on foot, for the A and S. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them parks. About 800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1960, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Rockaway Park-Beach 116 St
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · A, S
Nearest bus stop
330 feet
Rockaway Beach Blvd/Beach 124 St · Q35
Within a walk
5 places
2 parks, 2 religious buildings and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Rockaway Beach Boulevard & Beach 125th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Rockaway Park-Beach 116 St, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Rockaway Park-Beach 116 St A, S
    0.5 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 124 St, 330 feet away, for the Q35.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rockaway Beach Blvd/Beach 124 St Q35
    330 feet
    Q35

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q35 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Rockaway Beach Boulevard.

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, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 115-05 Beach Channel Drive Gas station
    0.6 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 three crashes at this corner, the median for a Queens corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 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
6 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 800 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 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 21 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2015 and November 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Beach 125th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MAY 15 - SEPT 30 SATURDAY SUNDAY & HOLIDAYS
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Beach 125th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MAY 15 - SEPT 30 SATURDAY SUNDAY & HOLIDAYS
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site

Schools and child care

  1. Saint Francis Desales School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rockaway Beach Park
    890 feet
  2. Memorial Circle
    1,100 feet

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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Beach 125th 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 and NYC Health, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.