Astoria Boulevard South & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway at Grand Central Parkway

Astoria Boulevard South, Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and Grand Central Parkway meet at a five-way junction in Jackson Heights, Queens. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. The nearest bus stop, Astoria Blvd/73 St Pedestrian Overpass, is 560 feet away for the Q19, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk is one place to eat. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1965, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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Astoria Boulevard South & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway at Grand Central Parkway Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Astoria Blvd/73 St Pedestrian Overpass, 560 feet away, for the Q19.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Astoria Blvd/73 St Pedestrian Overpass Q19
    560 feet
    Q19

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q19 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Ditmars Blvd & 73 St 19 docks in all
    1,180 feet

By car

A ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway southbound starts at this corner.

  1. 82-06 Astoria Boulevard Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 82-20 Astoria Boulevard Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. LaGuardia Airport Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

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
11370
Community board
Queens Community Board 1
City Council district
22
Police precinct
114 and 115 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Jackson Heights

The streets

  • Up to three travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Posted limits from 30 to 45 mph
  • Three of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1965.

Trees

NYC Parks records 28 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Shopping centers

  1. Jackson Heights Shopping Center Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat.

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • 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
  • A listed public place within a five-minute walk

Nearby corners

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

Sources: MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYPD, NYC Finance, NYS Agriculture and Markets, NYC Health and NYC Parks, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.