Rockaway Boulevard & 116th Street

Rockaway Boulevard and 116th Street meet at a three-way junction in South Ozone Park, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. David J O'Connell Square is 460 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Rockaway Blvd/115 St, is 70 feet away for the Q7 and Q37, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places and 11 places to eat.

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Rockaway Boulevard & 116th Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Rockaway Blvd/115 St, 70 feet away, for the Q7 and Q37.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rockaway Blvd/115 St Q7, Q37
    70 feet
    Q7 Q37

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q7 …
  2. Q37 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 28 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at North Conduit Avenue & Belt Parkway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 118-05 115th Avenue Gas station
    730 feet
  2. 110-00 Rockaway Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 44 Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 130th Place Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

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

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, April 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11420
Community board
Queens Community Board 10
City Council district
28
Police precinct
106
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
South Ozone Park
Elevation
36 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 1925 and 1940.

Trees

NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 1 sign on these blocks
  • 1 rule

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

South side of Rockaway Boulevard

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 park
  • 1 religious building

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. David J O'Connell Square
    460 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,160 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and eight food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

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