Rockaway Beach Boulevard & Beach 53rd Street

Rockaway Beach Boulevard and Beach 53rd Street meet at a three-way junction in Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Arverne Library is 340 feet away. The nearest subway, Beach 60 St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, two of them playgrounds. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
4 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Beach 60 St
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
1,220 feet
Beach Channel Dr/Beach 54 St · Q22, Q52 SBS, QM15
Within a walk
11 places
2 playgrounds, 2 religious buildings and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Rockaway Beach Boulevard & Beach 53rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Beach 60 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Beach 60 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 44 St A
    0.5 miles
    A

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “The Beaches of New York City” (2011) by Simon Levenson at the Beach 60 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Beach Channel Dr/Beach 54 St, 1,220 feet away, for the Q22, Q52 SBS and QM15.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Beach Channel Dr/Beach 54 St Q22, Q52 SBS, QM15 · Shelter
    1,220 feet
    Q22 Q52 SBS QM15
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q22 …
  2. Q52 SBS …
  3. QM15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 bicycle rack 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, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported six 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 June 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

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

Eleven trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese pagoda tree and the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 8 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 8 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bethel Emanuel Temple Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,140 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Arverne Playground
    420 feet
  2. Arverne East Nature Preserve Nature area
    470 feet
  3. Cardozo Playground
    820 feet
Show all 4
  1. Rockaway Beach and Boardwalk Park
    1,010 feet

Health care

  1. Lawrence Nursing Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    700 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Arverne Library
    340 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Ocean Side Apartments Community Center
    850 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 47/Engine 265/Ladder 121 Fire station
    1,300 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 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, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Beach 53rd 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.