Van Wyck Expressway & Grand Central Parkway
Van Wyck Expressway and Grand Central Parkway 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 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1949 and 1960, most in buildings of ten homes or more. Eight trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredCycling
- 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway eastbound, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.
- 141-50 Union Turnpike Gas station0.5 miles
- 80-25 126th Street Charging for electric cars, 31 Level 2 chargers and three fast chargers1.1 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
- 11415
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 9
- City Council district
- 29
- Police precinct
- 102 and 107 (the boundary runs through this corner)
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Kew Gardens
The streets
- Up to three travel lanes
- A designated truck route
- A posted limit of 50 mph
- Two of the streets are one-way
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 between 1949 and 1960.
Trees
Eight trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.
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