Rockaway Freeway & Beach 47th Street

Rockaway Freeway and Beach 47th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. In 2025, 3,260 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Rockaway Beach and Boardwalk is 580 feet away. The nearest subway, Beach 44 St, is about two minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them gardens, and one place to eat. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
12 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Beach 44 St
610 feet · 2 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
Beach Channel Dr/Beach 44 St · Q22, Q121, QM17
Within a walk
7 places
2 gardens, 2 parks and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Rockaway Freeway & Beach 47th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Beach 44 St, 610 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. Beach 44 St A
    610 feet
    A

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. A …
Far Rockaway
1 line
  1. 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, 0.3 miles away, for the Q22, Q121 and QM17.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Beach Channel Dr/Beach 44 St Q22, Q121, QM17
    0.3 miles
    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, 2.2 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 12 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 3,260 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 270th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 1,548 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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

  • One travel lane

Homes

About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 21 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the hawthorn.

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 gardens
  • 2 parks
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 nature area
  • 1 nursing home or hospice

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Arverne East Nature Preserve Nature area
    150 feet
  2. Rockaway Beach and Boardwalk Park
    580 feet
  3. Edgemere Farm Garden
    1,010 feet
Show all 5
  1. Edgemere Urban Renewal Park
    1,070 feet
  2. Far Rock Urban Agro-Education Center Garden
    1,150 feet

Health care

  1. Rockaway Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,140 feet

Fire and police

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat.

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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Beach 47th 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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.