Rockaway Beach Boulevard & Beach 42nd Street

Rockaway Beach Boulevard and Beach 42nd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Edgemere Urban Renewal Park is 1,150 feet away. The nearest subway, Beach 44 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and two places to eat. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 2002 and 2016, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Beach 44 St
790 feet · 3 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
920 feet
Beach Channel Dr/Beach 41 St · Q22
Within a walk
15 places
9 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Rockaway Beach Boulevard & Beach 42nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Beach 44 St, 790 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Beach 44 St A
    790 feet
    A

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Beach 36 St A
    0.4 miles
    A

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Coom Barooom” (2011) by Jill Parisi at the Beach 44 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Beach Channel Dr/Beach 41 St, 920 feet away, for the Q22.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Beach Channel Dr/Beach 41 St Q22
    920 feet
    Q22

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q22 …

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, 2.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 38-01 Beach Channel Drive Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 1-09 Beach 30th Street Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2024.

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)
Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere
Elevation
5 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 2002 and 2016.

Since 2014 at least 127 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 9 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules

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

North side of Rockaway Beach Boulevard

  • 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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 garden
  • 1 nature area
  • 1 park
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Kids-Centric, Inc Comm Parent Far Ro School
    790 feet
  2. Community Parents Head Start Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    910 feet
  3. Blanche Community Progress Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Arverne East Nature Preserve Nature area
    830 feet
  2. Edgemere Urban Renewal Park
    1,150 feet
  3. Edgemere Farm Garden
    1,170 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and two food stores.

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 nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Beach 42nd 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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.