Shore Front Parkway & Beach 102nd Street

Shore Front Parkway and Beach 102nd Street meet at a three-way junction in Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere, Queens. The corner stands inside Rockaway Beach Boardwalk. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Beach 98th Street Playground is 400 feet away. The nearest subway, Beach 98 St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the A and S. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them playgrounds, and two places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Beach 98 St
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · A, S
Nearest bus stop
770 feet
Rockaway Beach Blvd/Beach 102 St · Q53 SBS
Within a walk
5 places
2 playgrounds, 1 day care or pre-K site and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Shore Front Parkway & Beach 102nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Beach 98 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Beach 98 St A, S
    0.3 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 105 St A, S
    0.4 miles
    A S

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Be Good or Be Gone” (2011) by Duke Riley at the Beach 98 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Rockaway Beach Blvd/Beach 102 St, 770 feet away, for the Q53 SBS.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rockaway Beach Blvd/Beach 102 St Q53 SBS · Shelter
    770 feet
    Q53 SBS
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q53 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 17 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals

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, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

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

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. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2023.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11694
Community board
Queens Community Board 14
City Council district
32
Police precinct
100
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere
Elevation
11 feet above sea level

Homes

About 900 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 between 1967 and 2000.

Trees

Fifteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the eastern redcedar.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 22 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2016 and March 2016, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Beach 102nd Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Parallel parking only 3 signs PARALLEL PARKING ONLY

West side of Beach 102nd Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Parallel parking only 3 signs PARALLEL PARKING ONLY

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 religious building

This corner stands inside Rockaway Beach Boardwalk.

Schools and child care

  1. District 27 Pre-K Center at 185 Beach 99th Street Pre-K center
    990 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rockaway Beach Boardwalk Park
    surrounds this corner
  2. Shore Front Parkway Adventure Course Playground
    320 feet
  3. Beach 98th Street Playground
    400 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Camillus St Virgillus RC Church House of worship
    970 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Beach 102nd Street or Shore Front Parkway.

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