Rockaway Beach Boulevard & Beach 38th Street

Rockaway Beach Boulevard and Beach 38th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Far Rockaway-Bayswater, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. St Gertrudes Church is 450 feet away. The nearest subway, Beach 36 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, four of them religious buildings. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 2003 and 2023, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Beach 36 St
1,040 feet · 4 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
910 feet
Beach Channel Dr/Beach 36 St · Q22, Q121, QM17
Within a walk
9 places
4 religious buildings, 1 community center and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Rockaway Beach Boulevard & Beach 38th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Beach 36 St, 1,040 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Beach 36 St A
    1,040 feet
    A

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. A …
Far Rockaway
1 line
  1. A …

Also within a walk

  1. Beach 44 St A
    0.3 miles
    A

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Convergence 1&2” (2011) by George Bates at the Beach 36 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Beach Channel Dr/Beach 36 St, 910 feet away, for the Q22, Q121 and QM17.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Beach Channel Dr/Beach 36 St Q22, Q121, QM17
    910 feet
    Q22 Q121 QM17

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q22 …
  2. Q121 …
  3. QM17 …

Live arrivals

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, 2.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 38-01 Beach Channel Drive Gas station
    1,050 feet
  2. 1-09 Beach 30th Street Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.8 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.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11691
Community board
Queens Community Board 14
City Council district
31
Police precinct
101
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Far Rockaway-Bayswater
Elevation
5 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 2003 and 2023.

Trees

NYC Parks records 38 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2019 and January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Beach 38th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Beach 38th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of Rockaway Beach Boulevard

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Rockaway Beach Boulevard

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • 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.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 1 park
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Community Parents Head Start Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,200 feet
  2. Kids-Centric, Inc Comm Parent Far Ro School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bayswater Park
    1,080 feet
  2. The Healing Garden
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Gertrudes Church House of worship
    450 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Beach 41st Community Center
    970 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet, 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 38th Street or Rockaway Beach Boulevard.

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