Meridian Road & Grand Central Parkway

Meridian Road and Grand Central Parkway 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. USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center is 90 feet away. Within a five-minute walk are three public places. Within 820 feet are 32 homes, mostly built in 1988, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. NYC Parks records 129 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest highway entrance
Grand Central Parkway
0.4 miles by car along the streets
Within a walk
3 places
1 park, 1 park feature and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Meridian Road & Grand Central Parkway Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Meridian Road.

  • 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 111 St & 49 Ave 30 docks in all
    0.4 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway eastbound at Unnamed Street, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 112-44 Roosevelt Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 109-5 Marina Road Charging for electric cars, four fast chargers
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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
11368
City Council district
21
Police precinct
110
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flushing Meadows-Corona Park
Elevation
13 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

Within 820 feet of this corner are 32 homes, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1988.

Trees

NYC Parks records 129 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Flushing Meadows Corona Park.

  1. Forms in Transit Sculpture by Theodore Roszak, 1964
    760 feet

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 park
  • 1 park feature
  • 1 stadium or arena

This corner stands inside Flushing Meadows Corona Park.

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Flushing Meadows Corona Park
    surrounds this corner
  2. Unisphere in Flushing Meadows Corona Park Park feature
    1,120 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center Stadium or arena
    90 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
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, three of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Grand Central Parkway or Meridian Road.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYPD, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks and NYC Health, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.