Van Wyck Expressway & Grand Central Parkway
Van Wyck Expressway and Grand Central Parkway meet at a three-way junction in Jamaica Hills-Briarwood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The kinetic sculpture “Dialogue with the Sun” is 620 feet away. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1952 and 1960, most in buildings of ten homes or more. Sixteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredCycling
- 8 bicycle racks within 820 feet
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported ten crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
- 21 people injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.
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)
- Jamaica Hills-Briarwood
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 1,700 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 1952 and 1960.
Trees
Sixteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.
Monuments and public art
How landmarks are placedThe City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, at Queens County Criminal Building.
- Dialogue with the Sun Kinetic sculpture by Susumo Shingu, 1995620 feet
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