Rockaway Boulevard & 135th Street

Rockaway Boulevard and 135th 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. Sergeant Colyer Square is 560 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Rockaway Blvd/Van WYCK Expwy, is 310 feet away for the Q7, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, 16 of them religious buildings, and 17 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Van Wyck Expressway
740 feet by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
310 feet
Rockaway Blvd/Van WYCK Expwy · Q7
Within a walk
22 places
16 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Rockaway Boulevard & 135th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Rockaway Blvd/Van WYCK Expwy, 310 feet away, for the Q7.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rockaway Blvd/Van WYCK Expwy Q7
    310 feet
    Q7

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q7 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 16 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway southbound, 740 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 134-15 Rockaway Boulevard Gas station
    at this corner
  2. 135-30 140th Street Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 130th Place Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2023.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, November 2021

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
34 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

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 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 24 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2024 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Rockaway Boulevard

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 422946 and 426666.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

  • 16 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Al-Ishan Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    240 feet
  2. Al-Ihsan Academy School
    280 feet
  3. Aim High Leadership Center, Three Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    360 feet
Show all 4
  1. Aim High Leadership Center Too Pre-K
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sergeant Colyer Square
    560 feet
  2. Playground One Forty Playground
    720 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Humble Way Church of God in Christ House of worship
    480 feet
  2. First Freedom Baptist Church House of worship
    500 feet
  3. St Clement Pope Church House of worship
    1,220 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    450 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Farm Boy Country Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 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:

See every intersection along 135th Street or Rockaway Boulevard.

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