Rockaway Boulevard & 106th Street

Rockaway Boulevard and 106th Street meet at a three-way junction in South Ozone Park, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Queens corner. The obelisk “Corporal George J. Wellbrock Memorial” is 100 feet away. The nearest subway, 104 St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, three of them religious buildings, and five places to eat. About 700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1930, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
2 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
104 St
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
200 feet
Rockaway Blvd/109 Av · Q7, Q51
Within a walk
7 places
3 religious buildings, 2 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Rockaway Boulevard & 106th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 104 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. 104 St A
    0.3 miles
    A

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. A …
Ozone Park
1 line
  1. A …

Also within a walk

  1. 111 St A
    0.5 miles
    A

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “On the Right Track” (2015) by Béatrice Coron at the 104 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Rockaway Blvd/109 Av, 200 feet away, for the Q7 and Q51.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rockaway Blvd/109 Av Q7, Q51
    200 feet
    Q7 Q51

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q7 …
  2. Q51 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 14 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at Cross Bay Boulevard, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 100-07 Rockaway Boulevard Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 110-00 Rockaway Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 44 Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 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 June 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11417
Community board
Queens Community Board 10
City Council district
28
Police precinct
106
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
South Ozone Park
Elevation
32 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1930.

Trees

Twenty trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 10 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2019 and September 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of 106th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

North side of Rockaway Boulevard

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

South side of Rockaway Boulevard

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 408567 and 424957.

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Corporal George J. Wellbrock Triangle.

  1. Corporal George J. Wellbrock Memorial Obelisk, 1929
    100 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 108 Captain Vincent G. Fowler School
    990 feet
  2. John Adams High School
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Wellbrock Triangle
    130 feet
  2. Al Stabile Playground
    870 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Calvary Assembly of God House of worship
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Market Place Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. K Town Supermarket Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    190 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and 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 of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 106th Street or Rockaway Boulevard.

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