Queens Midtown Expressway & Long Island Expressway

Queens Midtown Expressway and Long Island Expressway (east) meet at a three-way junction in Maspeth, Queens. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Central Queens Rehabilitation and Nursing Center is 730 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Grand Av/72 St, is 1,200 feet away for the Q58 and Q59, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, four of them parks, and three places to eat. About 900 homes stand within 820 feet, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest highway entrance
Long Island Expressway
1.3 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
1,200 feet
Grand Av/72 St · Q58, Q59
Within a walk
6 places
4 parks, 1 library and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Queens Midtown Expressway & Long Island Expressway Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Grand Av/72 St, 1,200 feet away, for the Q58 and Q59.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Grand Av/72 St Q58, Q59
    1,200 feet
    Q58 Q59

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q58 …
  2. Q59 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Queens Boulevard, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 74-01 Grand Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 56-18 69th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 90-15 Queens Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 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
11378
Community board
Queens Community Board 5
City Council district
30
Police precinct
104
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Maspeth
Elevation
97 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two.

Trees

NYC Parks records 23 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 parks
  • 1 library
  • 1 nursing home or hospice

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sitting Area 127 CXXVII Park
    630 feet
  2. Quick Brown Fox Triangle
    860 feet
  3. Garlinge Triangle
    1,170 feet
Show all 4
  1. Peter Chahales Park
    1,240 feet

Health care

  1. Central Queens Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    730 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Maspeth Library
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Shops at Grand Avenue Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance 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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Long Island Expressway or Queens Midtown Expressway.

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