Rockaway Freeway & Beach 100th Street

Rockaway Freeway and Beach 100th Street meet at a three-way junction in Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere, Queens. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. St Camillus St Virgillus RC Church is 480 feet away. The nearest subway, Beach 98 St, is about two minutes on foot, for the A and S. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, five of them schools, and two places to eat. About 900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1969 and 2005, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Beach 98 St
410 feet · 2 min on foot · A, S
Nearest bus stop
720 feet
Beach Channel Dr/Beach 101 St · Q22
Within a walk
12 places
5 schools, 3 playgrounds and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Rockaway Freeway & Beach 100th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Beach 98 St, 410 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Beach 98 St A, S
    410 feet
    A S

Next trains at this station

Inbound
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. S …
Rockaway Park
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. S …

Also within a walk

  1. Beach 105 St A, S
    0.3 miles
    A S
  2. Beach 90 St A, S
    0.5 miles
    A S

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Be Good or Be Gone” (2011) by Duke Riley at the Beach 98 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Beach Channel Dr/Beach 101 St, 720 feet away, for the Q22.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Beach Channel Dr/Beach 101 St Q22
    720 feet
    Q22

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q22 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 11 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge at Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge & Beach 92nd Street, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 100-17 Beach Channel Drive Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 101-19 Rockaway Beach Boulevard Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    970 feet
  3. 248 Beach 116th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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 April 2019.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11694
Community board
Queens Community Board 14
City Council district
32
Police precinct
100
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere
Elevation
6 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1969 and 2005.

Trees

Eleven trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Morris Debonair' bald cypress.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 8 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2021 and August 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Beach 100th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Beach 100th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 schools
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 park
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Channel View School for Research School
    970 feet
  2. 3-K at the Lyfe Program at Beach Channel Campus Pre-K
    970 feet
  3. Rockaway Collegiate High School
    970 feet
Show all 7
  1. Rockaway Park High School for Environmental Sustainability School
    970 feet
  2. United Charter High School for the Humanities LV School
    970 feet
  3. Scholars' Academy School
    1,110 feet
  4. District 27 Pre-K Center at 185 Beach 99th Street Pre-K center
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bayside Playground
    1,090 feet
  2. Rockaway Beach Boardwalk Park
    1,120 feet
  3. Shore Front Parkway Adventure Course Playground
    1,250 feet
Show all 4
  1. Beach 98th Street Playground
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Camillus St Virgillus RC Church House of worship
    480 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    1,230 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: 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:

See every intersection along Beach 100th Street or Rockaway Freeway.

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 Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.