Union Turnpike & Van Wyck Expressway
Union Turnpike and Van Wyck Expressway (Union Turnpike) meet at a four-way crossing in Kew Gardens, Queens. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. About 90 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1992, most in buildings of ten homes or more. Fourteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredCycling
- 9 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
A ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway northbound starts at this corner.
- 141-50 Union Turnpike Gas station0.5 miles
- 112-01 Queens Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger1.5 miles
- 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars1.6 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo 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
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 6
- City Council district
- 29
- Police precinct
- 102
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Kew Gardens
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- A designated truck route
- Three of the streets are one-way
Homes
About 90 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 in 1992.
Trees
Fourteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
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