Rockaway Freeway & Seagirt Boulevard

Rockaway Freeway and Seagirt Boulevard meet at a four-way crossing in Far Rockaway-Bayswater, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 42 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. In 2025, 1,585 red-light camera tickets were recorded here. Community Serenity Garden is 930 feet away. The nearest subway, Beach 36 St, is about two minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, five of them religious buildings, and one place to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
19 hurt
42 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Beach 36 St
520 feet · 2 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
310 feet
Beach Channel Dr/Beach 35 St · Q22, Q121, QM17
Within a walk
11 places
5 religious buildings, 3 gardens and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Rockaway Freeway & Seagirt Boulevard Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Beach 36 St, 520 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. Beach 36 St A
    520 feet
    A

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Beach 25 St A
    0.4 miles
    A

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Convergence 1&2” (2011) by George Bates at the Beach 36 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Beach Channel Dr/Beach 35 St, 310 feet away, for the Q22, Q121 and QM17.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Beach Channel Dr/Beach 35 St Q22, Q121, QM17
    310 feet
    Q22 Q121 QM17

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q22 …
  2. Q121 …
  3. QM17 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 6 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

  1. 38-01 Beach Channel Drive Gas station
    1 mile
  2. 20-38 Seagirt Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 42 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 1,585 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 114th most of the 200 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 439 more were issued.

Every corner with red-light 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)
Far Rockaway-Bayswater

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 300 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the bald cypress and the goldenrain tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 7 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2017 and September 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Seagirt Boulevard

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Seagirt Boulevard

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 gardens
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Lighthouse Elementary School
    920 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bayswater Park
    310 feet
  2. The Healing Garden
    580 feet
  3. Community Serenity Garden
    930 feet
Show all 5
  1. Seagirt Boulevard Community Garden
    970 feet
  2. Bayswater Playground
    970 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Gertrudes Church House of worship
    1,010 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    1,100 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 signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Rockaway Freeway or Seagirt Boulevard.

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