138th Street & Van Wyck Expressway

The three-way junction of 138th Street and Van Wyck Expressway is in Jamaica Hills-Briarwood, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Our Lady of Cenacle Church is 420 feet away. The nearest subway, Jamaica-Van Wyck, is about four minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places and 13 places to eat. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1960, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jamaica-Van Wyck
1,140 feet · 4 min on foot · E
Nearest bus stop
780 feet
Queens Blvd/87 Av · Q20, Q60
Within a walk
2 places
1 religious building and 1 school, within five minutes

Map

Layers
138th Street & Van Wyck Expressway Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jamaica-Van Wyck, 1,140 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica-Van Wyck E
    1,140 feet
    E

Next trains at this station

Jamaica
1 line
  1. E …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. E …

Also within a walk

  1. Sutphin Blvd F
    0.3 miles
    F
  2. Briarwood E, F
    0.4 miles
    E F

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Queens Blvd/87 Av, 780 feet away, for the Q20 and Q60.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Queens Blvd/87 Av Q20, Q60
    780 feet
    Q20 Q60

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q20 …
  2. Q60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 8 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

A ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway northbound starts at this corner.

  1. 138-17 Hillside Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 153-10 88th Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11435
Community board
Queens Community Board 8
City Council district
24
Police precinct
107
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Jamaica Hills-Briarwood

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 600 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

Nine trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Tiegerman High School
    1,160 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of Cenacle Church House of worship
    420 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Trade Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and five food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change, a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 138th Street or Van Wyck Expressway.

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