Rockaway Freeway & Beach 88th Street

Rockaway Freeway and Beach 88th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Beach 91 Community Garden is 1,170 feet away. The nearest subway, Beach 90 St, is about a minute on foot, for the A and S. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 19 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Beach 90 St
230 feet · 1 min on foot · A, S
Nearest bus stop
320 feet
Rockaway Beach Blvd/Beach 88 St · Q22
Within a walk
11 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 gardens and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Rockaway Freeway & Beach 88th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Beach 90 St, 230 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Beach 90 St A, S
    230 feet
    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 98 St A, S
    0.4 miles
    A S

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 88 St, 320 feet away, for the Q22.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rockaway Beach Blvd/Beach 88 St Q22
    320 feet
    Q22

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q22 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 25 bicycle racks 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, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11693
Community board
Queens Community Board 14
City Council district
32
Police precinct
100
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere
Elevation
7 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • One of the streets is one-way

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 1920 and 1960.

Trees

One tree recorded by NYC Parks stands within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2017 and May 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Beach 88th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Beach 88th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 older adult center
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Police Athletic League Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    470 feet
  2. Kids-Centric, Inc Far Rockaway School
    530 feet
  3. Vip IV Daycare Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    610 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bay Breeze Park
    810 feet
  2. Beach 91 Community Garden
    1,170 feet
  3. We Rose In Together Community Garden - Hammel Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    1,170 feet
Show all 4
  1. Hammel Playground
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Rockaway Courthouse Listed historic place
    1,080 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 320 Beach 94th Street Older adult center
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    520 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    800 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and eight food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 17 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Beach 88th 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.