Rockaway Freeway & Beach 108th Street

Rockaway Freeway and Beach 108th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Breezy Point-Belle Harbor-Rockaway Park-Broad Channel, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. In 2025, 2,197 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Rockaway Beach Boardwalk is 990 feet away. The nearest subway, Beach 105 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the A and S. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them parks, and six places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Beach 105 St
840 feet · 3 min on foot · A, S
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Beach 108 St/Rockaway Beach Blvd · Q35
Within a walk
7 places
2 parks, 2 playgrounds and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Rockaway Freeway & Beach 108th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Beach 105 St, 840 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Beach 105 St A, S
    840 feet
    A S

Next trains at this station

Inbound
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. S …
Rockaway Park
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. 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 108 St/Rockaway Beach Blvd, 120 feet away, for the Q35.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Beach 108 St/Rockaway Beach Blvd Q35
    120 feet
    Q35

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q35 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 7 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, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 112-01 Beach Channel Drive Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 108-10 Rockaway Beach Drive Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    580 feet
  3. 248 Beach 116th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.6 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.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2024.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 2,197 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 393rd most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 1,157 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

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

Homes

About 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 1930 and 1963.

Trees

Ten trees recorded by NYC Parks stand 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
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2023 and August 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Beach 108th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Beach 108th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 ferry landing
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Waterside School for Leadership School
    970 feet
  2. Waterside Children's Studio School Pre-K
    970 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Park at Beach 108 Street Park
    600 feet
  2. Seaside Playground
    610 feet
  3. Rockaway Beach Boardwalk Park
    990 feet
Show all 4
  1. Sandpiper Playground
    1,160 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    350 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Other places

  1. Rockaway Ferry Landing
    730 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and one food store.

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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Beach 108th Street or Rockaway Freeway.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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.