Rockaway Beach Boulevard & Beach 44th Street

Rockaway Beach Boulevard and Beach 44th Street meet at a three-way junction in Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Queens corner. The Battalion 47/Engine 265/Ladder 121 firehouse is 1,050 feet away. The nearest subway, Beach 44 St, is about a minute on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and two places to eat. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Beach 44 St
340 feet · 1 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
760 feet
Beach Channel Dr/Beach 44 St · Q22, Q121, QM17
Within a walk
16 places
9 religious buildings, 2 gardens and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Rockaway Beach Boulevard & Beach 44th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Beach 44 St, 340 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. Beach 44 St A
    340 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
    0.5 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 44 St, 760 feet away, for the Q22, Q121 and QM17.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Beach Channel Dr/Beach 44 St Q22, Q121, QM17 · Shelter
    760 feet
    Q22 Q121 QM17
    Shelter

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, 2.3 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes at this corner, the median for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 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)
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 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 228 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2021 and September 2026, 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 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 2 gardens
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 nature area
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Blanche Community Progress Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    770 feet
  2. Kids-Centric, Inc Comm Parent Far Ro School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Arverne East Nature Preserve Nature area
    380 feet
  2. Edgemere Urban Renewal Park
    640 feet
  3. Edgemere Farm Garden
    660 feet
Show all 4
  1. Far Rock Urban Agro-Education Center Garden
    840 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 47/Engine 265/Ladder 121 Fire station
    1,050 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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Beach 44th 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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.