Van Wyck Expressway & East Road
Van Wyck Expressway and East Road meet at a four-way crossing in Flushing-Willets Point, Queens, at the edge of Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. The corner stands inside Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Queens corner. The nearest bus stop, College Point Blvd/Avery Av, is 0.4 miles away for the Q58. Within a five-minute walk are one public place and one place to eat. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 2020, most in buildings of ten homes or more.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is College Point Blvd/Avery Av, 0.4 miles away, for the Q58.
- 1 route within a ten-minute walk
- College Point Blvd/Avery Av Q580.4 milesQ58
Next buses at this stop
- Q58 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway northbound at Booth Memorial Avenue & College Point Boulevard, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.
- 49-04 College Point Boulevard Gas station0.4 miles
- 40-24 College Point Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger and three fast chargers0.9 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes at this corner, the median for a Queens corner.
- 7 people injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11355
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 7
- City Council district
- 20 and 21 (the boundary runs through this corner)
- Police precinct
- 109 and 110 (the boundary runs through this corner)
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Flushing-Willets Point; the corner is on the edge of the Flushing Meadows-Corona Park area
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 400 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 2020.
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedOne public place is within a five-minute walk.
- 1 park
This corner stands inside Flushing Meadows Corona Park.
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Flushing Meadows Corona Parksurrounds this corner
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat.
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 three nearest corners on foot, one of them within a three-minute walk:
- Meridian Road & East Road 810 feet
- 131st Street & East Road 960 feet
- 131st Street & Fowler Avenue 1,220 feet
See every intersection along East Road or Van Wyck Expressway.