Rockaway Beach Boulevard & Beach 97th Street

Rockaway Beach Boulevard and Beach 97th Street meet at a four-way crossing 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. In 2025, 329 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. The statue “Rockaway Veterans Memorial” is 610 feet away. The nearest subway, Beach 98 St, is about two minutes on foot, for the A and S. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them religious buildings, and 13 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Beach 98 St
620 feet · 2 min on foot · A, S
Nearest bus stop
220 feet
Rockaway Beach Blvd/Beach 98 St · T351
Within a walk
7 places
2 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Rockaway Beach Boulevard & Beach 97th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Beach 98 St, 620 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Beach 98 St A, S
    620 feet
    A S

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Beach 90 St A, S
    0.4 miles
    A S

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Be Good or Be Gone” (2011) by Duke Riley at the Beach 98 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Rockaway Beach Blvd/Beach 98 St, 220 feet away, for the T351.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rockaway Beach Blvd/Beach 98 St T351
    220 feet
    T351

Next buses at this stop

  1. T351 …

Live arrivals

Rockaway Beach Boulevard carries a bus lane, 7am to 10pm and 3pm to 7pm on weekdays.

Cycling

  • 9 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, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 100-17 Beach Channel Drive Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 101-19 Rockaway Beach Boulevard Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    1,240 feet
  3. 248 Beach 116th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 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. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2023.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 329 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,415th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 156 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11693
Community board
Queens Community Board 14
City Council district
32
Police precinct
100
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere
Elevation
8 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1969 and 2003.

Trees

NYC Parks records 28 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the goldenrain tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2014 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Beach 97th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Beach 97th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of Rockaway Beach Boulevard

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Rockaway Beach Boulevard

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM 3PM-7PM

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Rockaway Beach Boulevard at Beach 94th Street.

  1. Rockaway Veterans Memorial Statue by Joseph Pasquale Pollia, 1927
    610 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 library
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. District 27 Pre-K Center at 185 Beach 99th Street Pre-K center
    840 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rockaway Beach Boardwalk Park
    670 feet
  2. Beach 98th Street Playground
    1,110 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Peninsula Library
    880 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Camillus St Virgillus RC Church House of worship
    710 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 266 Fire station
    880 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and four 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 of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Beach 97th Street or Rockaway Beach Boulevard.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.