Meadow Lake Drive & Van Wyck Expressway

Meadow Lake Drive and Van Wyck Expressway meet at a three-way junction in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, Queens. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Triassic Playground is 790 feet away. Within a five-minute walk are two public places. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Meadow Lake Drive. NYC Parks records 104 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.

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Meadow Lake Drive & Van Wyck Expressway

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Meadow Lake Drive.

By car

A ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway southbound starts at this corner.

  1. 49-04 College Point Boulevard Gas station
    2.9 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
110
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flushing Meadows-Corona Park
Elevation
7 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Trees

NYC Parks records 104 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

This corner stands inside Flushing Meadows Corona Park.

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Flushing Meadows Corona Park
    surrounds this corner
  2. Triassic Playground
    790 feet

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
  • Homes within 820 feet
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYPD, NYC Parks and NYC Health, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.