Brooklyn Queens Expressway West & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway

Brooklyn Queens Expressway West and Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (north-west) meet at a three-way junction in Astoria (East)-Woodside (North), Queens. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1950 and 1964, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. NYC Parks records 47 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

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Brooklyn Queens Expressway West & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at 32nd Avenue, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 31-02 68th Street Gas station
    440 feet
  2. 62-10 Northern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 57-02 Northern Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    0.5 miles

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
11377
Community board
Queens Community Board 1
City Council district
22 and 25 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
114
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Astoria (East)-Woodside (North)

The streets

  • One of the streets is 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 1950 and 1964.

Since 2014 at least 2 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 47 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bus stop 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

Sources: NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYPD, NYC Housing Preservation and Development and NYC Parks, retrieved September 19 – October 6, 2026.