Van Wyck Expressway & 89th Avenue

Van Wyck Expressway and 89th Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Richmond Hill, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 43 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Jamaica Hospital Medical Center is 10 feet away. The nearest subway, Jamaica-Van Wyck, is about a minute on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them religious buildings, and 17 places to eat.

Safety record
20 hurt
43 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jamaica-Van Wyck
40 feet · 1 min on foot · E
Nearest bus stop
430 feet
Jamaica Av/Van WYCK Expwy · Q54, Q56
Within a walk
6 places
2 religious buildings, 1 hospital and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Van Wyck Expressway & 89th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jamaica-Van Wyck, 40 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica-Van Wyck E
    40 feet
    E

Next trains at this station

Jamaica
1 line
  1. E …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. E …

Also within a walk

  1. Sutphin Blvd F
    0.5 miles
    F

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Jamaica Av/Van WYCK Expwy, 430 feet away, for the Q54 and Q56.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica Av/Van WYCK Expwy Q54, Q56
    430 feet
    Q54 Q56

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q54 …
  2. Q56 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway northbound, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 137-21 Jamaica Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 150-07 Archer Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 43 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 20 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11418
Community board
Queens Community Board 9
City Council district
29
Police precinct
102
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Richmond Hill
Elevation
60 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to three travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Posted limits from 25 to 30 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 40 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Thirteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common are the London planetree and the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 19 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2020 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 89th Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 9AM-9:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-7PM

South side of 89th Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Van Wyck Expressway

  • No standing 10 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 hospital
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 school
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Nurse Care Institute Trade or language school
    1,170 feet
  2. Al-Iman School
    1,270 feet

Health care

  1. Jamaica Hospital Medical Center Hospital
    10 feet
  2. Jamaica Hospital Nursing Home Co Nursing home or hospice
    770 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trade Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and three food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change 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:

See every intersection along 89th Avenue or Van Wyck Expressway.

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