Rockaway Boulevard & 88th Street

Rockaway Boulevard and 88th Street meet at a six-way junction in Ozone Park (North), Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Queens Explorers Elementary School is 650 feet away. The nearest subway, 88 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 13 places to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1955, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
6 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
88 St
1,100 feet · 4 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
101 Av/88 St · Q8
Within a walk
14 places
9 religious buildings, 2 playgrounds and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Rockaway Boulevard & 88th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 88 St, 1,100 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. 88 St A
    1,100 feet
    A

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Rockaway Blvd A
    0.4 miles
    A
  2. 80 St A
    0.5 miles
    A

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “MORPHING88” (2015) by Haresh Lalvani at the 88 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 101 Av/88 St, 40 feet away, for the Q8.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 101 Av/88 St Q8
    40 feet
    Q8

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q8 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at Cross Bay Boulevard, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 87-15 Rockaway Boulevard Gas station
    210 feet
  2. 9325 Rockaway Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.4 miles
  3. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2015
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2019

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11416
Community board
Queens Community Board 9
City Council district
32
Police precinct
102
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Ozone Park (North)
Elevation
19 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1955.

Since 2014 at least 10 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the green ash.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 21 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2019 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 101st Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 101st Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8AM-9:30AM

East side of 88th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

North side of Rockaway Boulevard

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

South side of Rockaway Boulevard

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 452561.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Queens Explorers Elementary School
    650 feet
  2. Divine Mercy Catholic Academy School
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Ruoff Triangle
    260 feet
  2. London Planetree Playground
    1,150 feet
  3. Ampere Playground
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Cherry Valley Marketplace Supermarket
    1,110 feet
  2. Golden Farms Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Clocktower Plaza Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 21 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 101st Avenue, 88th Street or Rockaway Boulevard.

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