Rockaway Beach Boulevard & Beach 79th Street

Rockaway Beach Boulevard and Beach 79th Street meet at a three-way junction in Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Queens corner. Rockaway Beach Boardwalk is 880 feet away. The nearest subway, Beach 67 St, is about nine minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them religious buildings. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1968 and 2004, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
2 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Beach 67 St
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
220 feet
Rockaway Beach Blvd/Beach 77 St · Q22, QM15, QM17
Within a walk
6 places
2 religious buildings, 1 community center and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Rockaway Beach Boulevard & Beach 79th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Beach 67 St, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. Beach 67 St A
    0.5 miles
    A

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. A …
Far Rockaway
1 line
  1. 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 77 St, 220 feet away, for the Q22, QM15 and QM17.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rockaway Beach Blvd/Beach 77 St Q22, QM15, QM17
    220 feet
    Q22 QM15 QM17

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q22 …
  2. QM15 …
  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, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 100-17 Beach Channel Drive Gas station
    1.2 miles
  2. 101-19 Rockaway Beach Boulevard Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 248 Beach 116th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11693
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
6 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,600 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 1968 and 2004.

Trees

NYC Parks records 77 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 7 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2025 and November 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Beach 79th Street

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of Rockaway Beach Boulevard

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 community center
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 183 Dr. Richard R. Green School
    610 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Beach Channel Playground
    220 feet
  2. Rockaway Beach Boardwalk Park
    880 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Hammel Community Center
    1,060 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Beach 79th 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 Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.