Rockaway Freeway & Beach 104th Street

Rockaway Freeway and Beach 104th Street meet at a three-way junction in Breezy Point-Belle Harbor-Rockaway Park-Broad Channel, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Queens corner. Bayside Playground is 240 feet away. The nearest subway, Beach 105 St, is about two minutes on foot, for the A and S. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and one place to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1966 and 1967, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
2 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Beach 105 St
520 feet · 2 min on foot · A, S
Nearest bus stop
340 feet
Beach 104 St/Rockaway Freeway · Q11, Q22, Q35
Within a walk
3 places
1 park, 1 playground and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Rockaway Freeway & Beach 104th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Beach 105 St, 520 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Beach 105 St A, S
    520 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 98 St A, S
    0.3 miles
    A S

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Vast” (2011) by Callie Hirsch at the Beach 105 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Beach 104 St/Rockaway Freeway, 340 feet away, for the Q11, Q22 and Q35.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Beach 104 St/Rockaway Freeway Q11, Q22, Q35
    340 feet
    Q11 Q22 Q35

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q11 …
  2. Q22 …
  3. Q35 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 4 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, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 100-17 Beach Channel Drive Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 108-10 Rockaway Beach Drive Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 248 Beach 116th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2024.

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

  • One travel lane

Homes

About 1,000 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 1966 and 1967.

Trees

NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in November 2017, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Beach 104th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Scholars' Academy School
    350 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bayside Playground
    240 feet
  2. Rockaway Beach Boardwalk Park
    1,140 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    110 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,190 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and two 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 corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Beach 104th Street or Rockaway Freeway.

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