Rockaway Boulevard & 127th Street

Rockaway Boulevard and 127th Street meet at a four-way crossing in South Ozone Park, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. P.S. 096 is 780 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Rockaway Blvd/128 St, is 330 feet away for the Q7 and Q10, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, four of them religious buildings, and 14 places to eat.

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Rockaway Boulevard & 127th Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Rockaway Blvd/128 St, 330 feet away, for the Q7 and Q10.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rockaway Blvd/128 St Q7, Q10
    330 feet
    Q7 Q10

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q7 …
  2. Q10 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 8 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway southbound, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 128-24 Rockaway Boulevard Gas station
    660 feet
  2. 135-30 140th Street Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles
  3. 130th Place Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2019
  • 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
28 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 500 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 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 24 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 11 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2019 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 127th Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 127th Street

  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 6AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of Rockaway Boulevard

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Rockaway Boulevard

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 421611 and 423237.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 library
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Al-Ishan Preschool School-based preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    710 feet
  2. Al-Ihsan Academy School
    760 feet
  3. P.S. 096 School
    780 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. South Ozone Park Library
    450 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. South Ozone Park Post Office
    220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Farm Boy Country Market Supermarket
    230 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and 13 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.