Rockaway Freeway & Beach 44th Street

Rockaway Freeway and Beach 44th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Edgemere Urban Renewal Park is 910 feet away. The nearest subway, Beach 44 St, is about a minute on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and two places to eat. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 2004 and 2018, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
10 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Beach 44 St
110 feet · 1 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
1,020 feet
Beach Channel Dr/Beach 44 St · Q22, Q121, QM17
Within a walk
14 places
7 religious buildings, 2 gardens and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Rockaway Freeway & Beach 44th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Beach 44 St, 110 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. Beach 44 St A
    110 feet
    A

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Beach 36 St A
    0.4 miles
    A

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Coom Barooom” (2011) by Jill Parisi at the Beach 44 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Beach Channel Dr/Beach 44 St, 1,020 feet away, for the Q22, Q121 and QM17.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Beach Channel Dr/Beach 44 St Q22, Q121, QM17 · Shelter
    1,020 feet
    Q22 Q121 QM17
    Shelter

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, 2.3 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 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)
Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere
Elevation
7 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 2004 and 2018.

Since 2014 at least 228 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Fourteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common are the Callery pear and the thornless honeylocust.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 parks
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 nature area

Schools and child care

  1. Blanche Community Progress Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,030 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Arverne East Nature Preserve Nature area
    120 feet
  2. Edgemere Urban Renewal Park
    910 feet
  3. Edgemere Farm Garden
    920 feet
Show all 5
  1. Far Rock Urban Agro-Education Center Garden
    1,100 feet
  2. Rockaway Beach and Boardwalk Park
    1,260 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 47/Engine 265/Ladder 121 Fire station
    1,310 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner:

  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
  • 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 44th 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 and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.