Rockaway Beach Boulevard & Beach 45th Street

Rockaway Beach Boulevard and Beach 45th Street meet at a three-way junction 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. Far Rock Urban Agro-Education Center is 610 feet away. The nearest subway, Beach 44 St, is about two minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, seven 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
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Beach 44 St
570 feet · 2 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
950 feet
Beach Channel Dr/Beach 44 St · Q22, Q121, QM17
Within a walk
14 places
7 religious buildings, 2 gardens and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Rockaway Beach Boulevard & Beach 45th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Beach 44 St, 570 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. Beach 44 St A
    570 feet
    A

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. A …
Far Rockaway
1 line
  1. 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, 950 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
    950 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, 2.3 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 five crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 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 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 4 signs on these blocks
  • 1 rule

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in 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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 parks
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 nature area

Schools and child care

  1. Blanche Community Progress Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    920 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Edgemere Urban Renewal Park
    410 feet
  2. Edgemere Farm Garden
    430 feet
  3. Far Rock Urban Agro-Education Center Garden
    610 feet
Show all 5
  1. Arverne East Nature Preserve Nature area
    620 feet
  2. Rockaway Beach and Boardwalk Park
    1,290 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 47/Engine 265/Ladder 121 Fire station
    820 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 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Beach 45th 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.