Rockaway Freeway & Beach 80th Street

Rockaway Freeway and Beach 80th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Bay 84th Street Community Garden is 1,000 feet away. The nearest subway, Beach 90 St, is about ten minutes on foot, for the A and S. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them gardens. About 200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 2005, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
13 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Beach 90 St
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · A, S
Nearest bus stop
1,220 feet
Rockaway Beach Blvd/Beach 81 St · Q22
Within a walk
6 places
2 gardens, 1 nature area and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Rockaway Freeway & Beach 80th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Beach 90 St, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Beach 90 St A, S
    0.5 miles
    A S

Next trains at this station

Inbound
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. S …
Rockaway Park
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. S …

Also within a walk

  1. Beach 67 St A
    0.5 miles
    A

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Surf Station 90” (2011) by Michael Miller at the Beach 90 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Rockaway Beach Blvd/Beach 81 St, 1,220 feet away, for the Q22.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rockaway Beach Blvd/Beach 81 St Q22 · Shelter
    1,220 feet
    Q22
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q22 …

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, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 100-17 Beach Channel Drive Gas station
    1 mile
  2. 101-19 Rockaway Beach Boulevard Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 248 Beach 116th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 13 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11693
Community board
Queens Community Board 14
City Council district
31
Police precinct
100
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere
Elevation
6 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 200 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 2005.

Trees

NYC Parks records 24 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in March 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Rockaway Freeway

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING 10PM-6AM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 gardens
  • 1 nature area
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 183 Dr. Richard R. Green School
    650 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Beach Channel Playground
    620 feet
  2. Vernam Barbadoes Peninsula Nature area
    770 feet
  3. Bay 84th Street Community Garden
    1,000 feet
Show all 4
  1. We Rose In Together Community Garden - Hammel Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Beach 80th Street or Rockaway Freeway.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.