Van Wyck Expressway & 111th Avenue at Lincoln Street

Van Wyck Expressway, 111th Avenue and Lincoln Street meet at a five-way junction in South Ozone Park, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Frederick B. Judge Playground is 320 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Lincoln St/Linden Blvd, is 810 feet away for the Q9, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, six of them religious buildings, and one place to eat.

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Van Wyck Expressway & 111th Avenue at Lincoln Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Lincoln St/Linden Blvd, 810 feet away, for the Q9.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lincoln St/Linden Blvd Q9
    810 feet
    Q9

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q9 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 4 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway southbound, 1,110 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 111-02 Van Wyck Expressway Gas station
    240 feet
  2. 135-30 140th Street Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    1.5 miles
  3. 130th Place Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Safety Improvement Project, 2026

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11420
Community board
Queens Community Board 10
City Council district
28
Police precinct
106
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
South Ozone Park
Elevation
40 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to three travel lanes
  • Posted limits from 25 to 30 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1950.

Trees

Fourteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common are the London planetree and the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 17 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2023 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Van Wyck Expressway

  • No standing 9 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM

West side of Van Wyck Expressway

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Book Smart Early Learning Child Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    830 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Frederick B. Judge Playground
    320 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and five food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

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