Jackie Robinson Parkway & Van Wyck Expressway
Jackie Robinson Parkway and Van Wyck Expressway meet at a three-way junction in Kew Gardens, 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 1936 and 1951, most in buildings of ten homes or more. NYC Parks records 25 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredCycling
- 22 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway eastbound, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.
- 141-50 Union Turnpike Gas station0.7 miles
- 80-25 126th Street Charging for electric cars, 31 Level 2 chargers and three fast chargers1,060 feet
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2016.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11375
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 6
- City Council district
- 29
- Police precinct
- 102 and 112 (the boundary runs through this corner)
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Kew Gardens
The streets
- Three of the streets are one-way
Homes
About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1936 and 1951.
Since 2014 at least 16 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.
Trees
NYC Parks records 25 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A bus stop within a ten-minute walk
- 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