Rockaway Beach Boulevard & Beach 50th Street

Rockaway Beach Boulevard and Beach 50th 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. Peninsula Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is 680 feet away, and Arverne Playground is 1,180 feet away. The nearest subway, Beach 44 St, is about six minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, two of them nursing homes or hospices, and one place to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Beach 44 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
970 feet
Beach Channel Dr/Beach 51 St · Q22, Q52 SBS
Within a walk
9 places
2 nursing homes or hospices, 2 playgrounds and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Rockaway Beach Boulevard & Beach 50th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Beach 44 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. Beach 44 St A
    0.3 miles
    A

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Beach 60 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 51 St, 970 feet away, for the Q22 and Q52 SBS.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Beach Channel Dr/Beach 51 St Q22, Q52 SBS · Shelter
    970 feet
    Q22 Q52 SBS
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q22 …
  2. Q52 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet

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 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 38-01 Beach Channel Drive Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 1-09 Beach 30th Street Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    1.3 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.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

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

Homes

About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 2023 and 2025.

Trees

Fourteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in November 2016, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Rockaway Beach Boulevard

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 nursing homes or hospices
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 library
  • 1 nature area

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Conch Playground
    830 feet
  2. Arverne East Nature Preserve Nature area
    1,160 feet
  3. Arverne Playground
    1,180 feet

Health care

  1. Peninsula Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Nursing home or hospice
    680 feet
  2. Rockaway Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,000 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Arverne Library
    1,110 feet

Fire and police

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

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Beach 50th 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.