Rockaway Freeway & Beach 59th Street

Rockaway Freeway and Beach 59th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Arverne Gardens is 740 feet away. The nearest subway, Beach 60 St, is about a minute on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, three of them playgrounds, and one place to eat. A bus lane runs along Beach 59th Street, all day.

Safety record
4 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Beach 60 St
50 feet · 1 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Beach 59 St/Rockaway FWY · Q121
Within a walk
11 places
3 playgrounds, 2 parks and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Rockaway Freeway & Beach 59th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Beach 60 St, 50 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. Beach 60 St A
    50 feet
    A

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Beach 67 St A
    0.4 miles
    A

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “The Beaches of New York City” (2011) by Simon Levenson at the Beach 60 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Beach 59 St/Rockaway FWY, 40 feet away, for the Q121.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Beach 59 St/Rockaway FWY Q121
    40 feet
    Q121

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q121 …

Live arrivals

Beach 59th Street carries a bus lane, all day, every day.

Cycling

  • 1 bicycle rack 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, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 38-01 Beach Channel Drive Gas station
    1.1 miles
  2. 1-09 Beach 30th Street Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    1.8 miles
  3. 248 Beach 116th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2023.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2018

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11692
Community board
Queens Community Board 14
City Council district
31
Police precinct
100 and 101 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere
Elevation
5 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,800 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 in 1974.

Trees

NYC Parks records 29 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2025 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Beach 59th Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Beach 59th Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 parks
  • 1 career or business center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Lucille Rose Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    720 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Arverne Gardens Garden
    740 feet
  2. Rockaway Community Park
    750 feet
  3. Cardozo Playground
    850 feet
Show all 7
  1. Arverne East Nature Preserve Nature area
    930 feet
  2. Beach 59th St Playground
    1,150 feet
  3. Arverne Playground
    1,200 feet
  4. Rockaway Beach and Boardwalk Park
    1,260 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Arverne Post Office
    440 feet
  2. Older adult center at 57-17 Shore Front Parkway Older adult center
    620 feet
  3. Rockaway Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    620 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 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 59th Street or Rockaway Freeway.

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