Rockaway Beach Boulevard & Beach 142nd Street

Rockaway Beach Boulevard and Beach 142nd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Breezy Point-Belle Harbor-Rockaway Park-Broad Channel, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Rockaway Beach is 750 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Rockaway Beach Blvd/Beach 141 St, is 250 feet away for the Q35 and QM16. Within a five-minute walk are two public places. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1940, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge
1.4 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
250 feet
Rockaway Beach Blvd/Beach 141 St · Q35, QM16
Within a walk
2 places
1 park and 1 religious building, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Rockaway Beach Boulevard & Beach 142nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Rockaway Beach Blvd/Beach 141 St, 250 feet away, for the Q35 and QM16.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rockaway Beach Blvd/Beach 141 St Q35, QM16
    250 feet
    Q35 QM16

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q35 …
  2. QM16 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge at Beach Channel Drive, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 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

Homes

About 300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1940.

Trees

NYC Parks records 84 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2023 and August 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Beach 142nd Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME MAY 15 - SEPT 30
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of Beach 142nd Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME MAY 15 - SEPT 30
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of Rockaway Beach Boulevard

  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 park
  • 1 religious building

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rockaway Beach Park
    750 feet

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Beach 142nd Street or Rockaway Beach Boulevard.

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