Grand Central Parkway & Main Street at 141st Street

Grand Central Parkway, Main Street and 141st Street meet at a four-way crossing in Kew Gardens Hills, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Judge Moses Weinstein Playground is 1,140 feet away. The nearest subway, Briarwood, is about ten minutes on foot, for the E and F. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and eight places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Briarwood
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · E, F
Nearest bus stop
300 feet
Main St/Grand Central Pkwy · Q20
Within a walk
4 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 1 playground and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Grand Central Parkway & Main Street at 141st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Briarwood, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Briarwood E, F
    0.5 miles
    E F

Next trains at this station

Jamaica
2 lines
  1. E …
  2. F …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. E …
  2. F …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Main St/Grand Central Pkwy, 300 feet away, for the Q20.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Main St/Grand Central Pkwy Q20
    300 feet
    Q20

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 4 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway westbound at Grand Central Parkway & Union Turnpike, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 141-50 Union Turnpike Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 153-10 88th Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported four crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

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)
Kew Gardens Hills
Elevation
111 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A posted limit of 30 mph
  • Two 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 1940 and 1958.

Trees

NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 49 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2015 and April 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 141st Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 10:30AM-NOON

West side of 141st Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 10:30AM-NOON

North side of Grand Central Parkway

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Grand Central Parkway

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 10:30AM-NOON
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of Main Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 10:30AM-NOON
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Main Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 10:30AM-NOON
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Ira's Parkway Daycare & Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    380 feet
  2. Sholom, Sholom Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Judge Moses Weinstein Playground
    1,140 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    910 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,030 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    1,290 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and 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 141st Street, Grand Central Parkway or Main Street.

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