Rockaway Freeway & Beach 38th Street

Rockaway Freeway and Beach 38th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Far Rockaway-Bayswater, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Bayswater Park is 1,220 feet away. The nearest subway, Beach 36 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, four of them religious buildings. About 160 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 2002 and 2005, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
6 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Beach 36 St
890 feet · 3 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
1,050 feet
Beach Channel Dr/Beach 36 St · Q22, Q121, QM17
Within a walk
6 places
4 religious buildings, 1 community center and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Rockaway Freeway & Beach 38th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Beach 36 St, 890 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Beach 36 St A
    890 feet
    A

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. A …
Far Rockaway
1 line
  1. A …

Also within a walk

  1. Beach 44 St A
    0.3 miles
    A

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Convergence 1&2” (2011) by George Bates at the Beach 36 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Beach Channel Dr/Beach 36 St, 1,050 feet away, for the Q22, Q121 and QM17.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Beach Channel Dr/Beach 36 St Q22, Q121, QM17
    1,050 feet
    Q22 Q121 QM17

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q22 …
  2. Q121 …
  3. QM17 …

Live arrivals

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, 2.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 38-01 Beach Channel Drive Gas station
    1,190 feet
  2. 1-09 Beach 30th Street Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11691
Community board
Queens Community Board 14
City Council district
31
Police precinct
101
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Far Rockaway-Bayswater
Elevation
6 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 160 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 2002 and 2005.

Trees

NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 1 community center
  • 1 park

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bayswater Park
    1,220 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Gertrudes Church House of worship
    590 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Beach 41st Community Center
    1,110 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet, a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Beach 38th Street or Rockaway Freeway.

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