Van Wyck Expressway & Meadow Lake Road East

Van Wyck Expressway and Meadow Lake Road East meet at a four-way crossing in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Flushing Meadows Corona Park is 150 feet away. Within a five-minute walk is one public place. Fourteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

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Van Wyck Expressway & Meadow Lake Road East

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway southbound at Meadow Lake Drive & Van Wyck Expressway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 49-04 College Point Boulevard Gas station
    2.1 miles
  2. 40-24 College Point Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger and three fast chargers
    2.6 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 August 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11367
Community board
Queens Community Board 8
City Council district
24
Police precinct
107 and 110 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flushing Meadows-Corona Park

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • One of the streets is one-way

Trees

Fourteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

One public place is within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 park

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Flushing Meadows Corona Park
    150 feet

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bus stop 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
  • Homes within 820 feet
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

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