Rockaway Freeway & Beach 102nd Street

Rockaway Freeway and Beach 102nd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Breezy Point-Belle Harbor-Rockaway Park-Broad Channel, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Bayside Playground is 630 feet away. The nearest subway, Beach 98 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the A and S. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, five of them schools, and one place to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1967 and 1969, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
4 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Beach 98 St
870 feet · 3 min on foot · A, S
Nearest bus stop
300 feet
Rockaway Beach Blvd/Beach 102 St · Q22, Q53 SBS
Within a walk
10 places
5 schools, 2 playgrounds and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Rockaway Freeway & Beach 102nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Beach 98 St, 870 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Beach 98 St A, S
    870 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
    1,180 feet
    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 Rockaway Beach Blvd/Beach 102 St, 300 feet away, for the Q22 and Q53 SBS.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rockaway Beach Blvd/Beach 102 St Q22, Q53 SBS · Shelter
    300 feet
    Q22 Q53 SBS
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q22 …
  2. Q53 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 12 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, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11694
Community board
Queens Community Board 14
City Council district
32
Police precinct
100
Elevation
6 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1967 and 1969.

Trees

NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 10 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2019 and June 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Beach 102nd Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Beach 102nd Street

  • Back-in parking only 1 sign BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Scholars' Academy School
    660 feet
  2. 3-K at the Lyfe Program at Beach Channel Campus Pre-K
    1,010 feet
  3. Channel View School for Research School
    1,010 feet
Show all 6
  1. Rockaway Collegiate High School
    1,010 feet
  2. Rockaway Park High School for Environmental Sustainability School
    1,010 feet
  3. United Charter High School for the Humanities LV School
    1,010 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bayside Playground
    630 feet
  2. Rockaway Beach Boardwalk Park
    890 feet
  3. Shore Front Parkway Adventure Course Playground
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

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

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    770 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place 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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Beach 102nd 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.