Cross Island Parkway & Whitestone Expressway

Cross Island Parkway and Whitestone Expressway (Exit 16) meet at a three-way junction in Whitestone-Beechhurst, Queens. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1959, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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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
11357
Community board
Queens Community Board 7
City Council district
19
Police precinct
109
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Whitestone-Beechhurst

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Three of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1959.

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

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: NYC City Planning, NYPD and NYC Parks, retrieved September 19–20, 2026.