Rockaway Beach Boulevard & Beach 74th Street
Rockaway Beach Boulevard and Beach 74th Street meet at a five-way junction in Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere, Queens. The corner is also named St. John Baptist Church Place by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Rockaway Beach Playground is 880 feet away. The nearest subway, Beach 67 St, is about six minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them parks, and one place to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredSubway
The nearest subway station is Beach 67 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.
- Beach 67 St A0.3 milesA
Next trains at this station
Manhattan
1 line- A …
Far Rockaway
1 line- A …
The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “On and Off the Boardwalk” (2011) by Ingo Fast at the Beach 67 St station.
Bus
The nearest bus stop is Rockaway Beach Blvd/Beach 75 St, 190 feet away, for the Q52 SBS.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Rockaway Beach Blvd/Beach 75 St Q52 SBS190 feetQ52 SBS
Next buses at this stop
- Q52 SBS …
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, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.
- 100-17 Beach Channel Drive Gas station1.3 miles
- 101-19 Rockaway Beach Boulevard Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers1.2 miles
- 248 Beach 116th Street Fast charging for electric cars2.1 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 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
The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2023.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11692
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 14
- City Council district
- 31 and 32 (the boundary runs through this corner)
- Police precinct
- 100
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere
- Elevation
- 5 feet above sea level
This corner is also named St. John Baptist Church Place, a co-naming enacted on January 20, 2024 (Local Law 41 of 2024).
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1968 and 2004.
Trees
NYC Parks records 100 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on St. John Baptist Church Place.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 13 signs on these blocks
- 3 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2025 and February 2026, and the sign on the street decides.
West side of Beach 74th Street
- Back-in parking only 5 signs BACK IN 60 DEG PARKING ONLY
South side of Rockaway Beach Boulevard
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSix public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 parks
- 2 playgrounds
- 2 religious buildings
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Rockaway Beach Boardwalk Park740 feet
- Rockaway Beach Playground880 feet
- Beach Channel Playground1,120 feet
Show all 4
- Rockaway Beach and Boardwalk Park1,210 feet
Supermarkets
- Stop & Shop Supermarket960 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 signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Aquatic Drive & Aquatic Place 210 feet
- Rockaway Beach Boulevard & Beach Breeze Place 230 feet
- Beach 74th Street & Lighthouse Drive 270 feet
- Rockaway Beach Boulevard & Beach 73rd Street 300 feet
- Beach 74th Street & Arverne Mews Drive 400 feet
- Aquatic Drive & Beach Breeze Place 430 feet
- Rockaway Beach Boulevard & Beach Breeze Lane 450 feet
- Beach 73rd Street & Catamaran Way 490 feet
See every intersection along Aquatic Place, Beach 74th Street or Rockaway Beach Boulevard.