Rockaway Beach Boulevard & Beach 46th Street

Rockaway Beach Boulevard and Beach 46th Street meet at a three-way junction in Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Edgemere Farm is 530 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, seven of them religious buildings, and one place to eat. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Beach 44 St
810 feet · 3 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
1,190 feet
Beach Channel Dr/Beach 44 St · Q22, Q121, QM17
Within a walk
15 places
7 religious buildings, 2 gardens and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Rockaway Beach Boulevard & Beach 46th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Beach 44 St, 810 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Beach 44 St A
    810 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, 1,190 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
    1,190 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, 2.2 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 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 38 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the hawthorn.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2025 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Beach 46th Street

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

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

Fifteen 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
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Blanche Community Progress Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Edgemere Farm Garden
    530 feet
  2. Edgemere Urban Renewal Park
    590 feet
  3. Arverne East Nature Preserve Nature area
    630 feet
Show all 5
  1. Far Rock Urban Agro-Education Center Garden
    670 feet
  2. Rockaway Beach and Boardwalk Park
    1,050 feet

Health care

  1. Rockaway Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,130 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 47/Engine 265/Ladder 121 Fire station
    580 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and one food store.

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 46th 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.