Rockaway Boulevard & 79th Street

Rockaway Boulevard and 79th Street meet at a three-way junction in Woodhaven, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Queens corner. St Elizabeth Church is 1,260 feet away. The nearest subway, 80 St, is about nine minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are two public places and five places to eat. About 800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1925, almost all in houses of one or two. NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
80 St
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Rockaway Blvd/79 St · Q7
Within a walk
2 places
2 religious buildings, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Rockaway Boulevard & 79th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 80 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. 80 St A
    0.4 miles
    A

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. A …
Outbound
1 line
  1. A …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “SOAR” (2016) by Mia Pearlman at the 80 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Rockaway Blvd/79 St, 40 feet away, for the Q7.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rockaway Blvd/79 St Q7
    40 feet
    Q7

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q7 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Forest Park Drive & J Robinson Parkway, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 81-02 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    620 feet
  2. 9325 Rockaway Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.9 miles
  3. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes at this corner, the median for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11421
Community board
Queens Community Board 9
City Council district
32
Police precinct
102
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Woodhaven
Elevation
28 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 800 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 1925.

Trees

NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings

Houses of worship

  1. St Elizabeth Church House of worship
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Cherry Valley Marketplace Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Golden Farms Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,170 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change, a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here 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 79th Street or Rockaway Boulevard.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.