Grand Central Parkway & Van Wyck Expressway

Grand Central Parkway and Van Wyck Expressway (Exit 7B) meet at a five-way junction in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, Queens. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Within 820 feet are nine homes. Six trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the willow oak.

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Grand Central Parkway & Van Wyck Expressway

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Union Turnpike, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 141-50 Union Turnpike Gas station
    1.2 miles
  2. 112-01 Queens Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.7 miles
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 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
11367
City Council district
24
Police precinct
102 and 112 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flushing Meadows-Corona Park

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • A posted limit of 50 mph
  • Four of the streets are one-way

Homes

Within 820 feet of this corner are nine homes. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1935.

Trees

Six trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the willow oak.

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 and NYC Parks, retrieved September 19 – October 6, 2026.