West Road & East 8th Road

West Road and East 8th Road meet at a three-way junction in Breezy Point-Belle Harbor-Rockaway Park-Broad Channel, Queens. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Gene Gray Playground is 1,150 feet away. The nearest subway, Broad Channel, is about a minute on foot, for the A and S. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, three of them religious buildings. About 160 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1940, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest subway
Broad Channel
290 feet · 1 min on foot · A, S
Nearest bus stop
1,150 feet
Cross Bay Blvd/Noel Rd · Q11, Q52 SBS, Q53 SBS, Q109 +4
Within a walk
4 places
3 religious buildings and 1 playground, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West Road & East 8th Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Broad Channel, 290 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Broad Channel A, S
    290 feet
    A S

Next trains at this station

Inbound
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. S …
Rockaways
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. S …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Cross Bay Blvd/Noel Rd, 1,150 feet away, for the Q11, Q52 SBS, Q53 SBS, Q109 and four more.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Cross Bay Blvd/Noel Rd Q11, Q52 SBS, Q53 SBS, Q109 +4
    1,150 feet
    Q11 Q52 SBS Q53 SBS Q109 Q121 QM15 QM16 QM17

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q11 …
  2. Q52 SBS …
  3. Q53 SBS …
  4. Q109 …
  5. Q121 …
  6. QM15 …
  7. QM16 …
  8. QM17 …

Live arrivals

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11693
Community board
Queens Community Board 14
City Council district
32
Police precinct
100
Elevation
4 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 160 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1940.

Trees

Seven trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common are the cherry and the dawn redwood.

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 playground

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Gene Gray Playground
    1,150 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Virgilius RC Church House of worship
    960 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one food store.

Not on record for this corner:

  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
  • 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 East 8th Road or West Road.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, NYPD, NYC Parks, NYC Health and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18–30, 2026.