Rockaway Beach Boulevard & Beach 144th Street
Rockaway Beach Boulevard and Beach 144th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Breezy Point-Belle Harbor-Rockaway Park-Broad Channel, Queens. The corner is also named Barbara’s Way by local law. 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 750 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Rockaway Beach Blvd/Beach 145 St, is 330 feet away for the Q35, and two bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk is one public place.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Rockaway Beach Blvd/Beach 145 St, 330 feet away, for the Q35.
- 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Rockaway Beach Blvd/Beach 145 St Q35330 feetQ35
Next buses at this stop
- Q35 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge at Beach Channel Drive, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.
- 115-05 Beach Channel Drive Gas station1.6 miles
- 248 Beach 116th Street Charging for electric cars, six fast chargers1.5 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
- 3 people injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2023.
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)
- Breezy Point-Belle Harbor-Rockaway Park-Broad Channel
- Elevation
- 7 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Barbara’s Way, a co-naming enacted on December 29, 2008 (Local Law 64 of 2008).
The streets
- Up to four travel lanes
Homes
About 200 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 1920 and 1945.
Trees
NYC Parks records 66 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the green ash and the pin oak.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Barbara’s Way.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 18 signs on these blocks
- 6 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2021 and May 2026, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of Beach 144th Street
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME MAY 15 - SEPT 30
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
- No standing 4 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE
West side of Beach 144th Street
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME MAY 15 - SEPT 30
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
- No standing 3 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedOne public place is within a five-minute walk.
- 1 park
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Rockaway Beach Park750 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Rockaway Beach Boulevard & Beach 143rd Street 250 feet
- Rockaway Beach Boulevard & Beach 145th Street 250 feet
- Beach 144th Street & Neponsit Avenue 390 feet
- Rockaway Beach Boulevard & Beach 146th Street 500 feet
- Rockaway Beach Boulevard & Beach 142nd Street 520 feet
- Beach 143rd Street & Neponsit Avenue 620 feet
- Beach 145th Street & Neponsit Avenue 640 feet
- Beach 144th Street & Ocean Promenade 750 feet
See every intersection along Beach 144th Street or Rockaway Beach Boulevard.