Rockaway Boulevard & 124th Street

Rockaway Boulevard and 124th Street meet at a three-way junction in South Ozone Park, Queens. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Catholic War Veterans Square is 690 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Rockaway Blvd/125 St, is 110 feet away for the Q7 and Q10, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat.

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Rockaway Boulevard & 124th Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Rockaway Blvd/125 St, 110 feet away, for the Q7 and Q10.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rockaway Blvd/125 St Q7, Q10
    110 feet
    Q7 Q10

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q7 …
  2. Q10 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway southbound, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 128-24 Rockaway Boulevard Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 110-00 Rockaway Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 44 Level 2 chargers
    1.3 miles
  3. 130th Place Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2019.

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
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 600 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 1945.

Trees

Fifteen 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
  • 7 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2016 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Rockaway Boulevard

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

South side of Rockaway Boulevard

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 411840 and 425151.

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Catholic War Veterans Square.

  1. Catholic War Veterans Memorial Cross, 1938
    670 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 park
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Epic High School - South School
    980 feet
  2. Hawtree Creek Middle School
    980 feet
  3. J.H.S. 226 Virgil I. Grissom School
    980 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Catholic War Veterans Square
    690 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. South Ozone Park Post Office
    730 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Farm Boy Country Market Supermarket
    1,110 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, 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:

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