Rockaway Beach Boulevard & Beach 81st Street

Rockaway Beach Boulevard and Beach 81st Street meet at a four-way crossing in Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere, Queens, at the edge of NYCHA's Hammel development. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Hammel Community Center is 460 feet away, and St Rose of Lima Church is 1,210 feet away. The nearest subway, Beach 90 St, is about eight minutes on foot, for the A and S. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, three of them playgrounds, and five places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Beach 90 St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · A, S
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
Rockaway Beach Blvd/Beach 81 St · Q22
Within a walk
12 places
3 playgrounds, 3 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Rockaway Beach Boulevard & Beach 81st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Beach 90 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Beach 90 St A, S
    0.4 miles
    A S

Next trains at this station

Inbound
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. S …
Rockaway Park
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. S …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Surf Station 90” (2011) by Michael Miller at the Beach 90 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Rockaway Beach Blvd/Beach 81 St, 70 feet away, for the Q22.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rockaway Beach Blvd/Beach 81 St Q22 · Shelter
    70 feet
    Q22
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q22 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 4 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, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 100-17 Beach Channel Drive Gas station
    1 mile
  2. 101-19 Rockaway Beach Boulevard Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 248 Beach 116th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 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.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2023.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2022

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
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,000 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 1954 and 1968.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Hammel development.

Trees

NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Kentucky coffeetree and the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 48 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2014 and August 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Beach 81st Street

  • Back-in parking only 9 signs BACK IN 60 DEG PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Beach 81st Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Rockaway Beach Boulevard

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Rockaway Beach Boulevard

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 playgrounds
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 community center
  • 1 garden
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 183 Dr. Richard R. Green School
    910 feet
  2. St Rose of Lima Catholic Academy School
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Beach Channel Playground
    610 feet
  2. Rockaway Beach Boardwalk Park
    640 feet
  3. Hammel Playground
    750 feet
Show all 5
  1. Rockaway Playground N Playground
    1,250 feet
  2. We Rose In Together Community Garden - Hammel Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Temple of Israel Synagogue Listed historic place
    820 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Rose of Lima Church House of worship
    1,210 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Hammel Community Center
    460 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    1,150 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and three food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Beach 81st Street or Rockaway Beach Boulevard.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.