Van Wyck Expressway & Queens Boulevard

Van Wyck Expressway and Queens Boulevard meet at a four-way crossing in Jamaica Hills-Briarwood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Maple Grove Park is 1,250 feet away. The nearest subway, Briarwood, is about a minute on foot, for the E and F. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them parks, and 11 places to eat. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1956 and 1966, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
2 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Briarwood
350 feet · 1 min on foot · E, F
Nearest bus stop
290 feet
Queens Blvd/Main St · Q60, T300, QM21, QM65 +1
Within a walk
4 places
2 parks, 1 library and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Van Wyck Expressway & Queens Boulevard Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Briarwood, 350 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Briarwood E, F
    350 feet
    E F

Next trains at this station

Jamaica
2 lines
  1. E …
  2. F …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. E …
  2. F …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Queens Blvd/Main St, 290 feet away, for the Q60, T300, QM21, QM65 and QM68.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Queens Blvd/Main St Q60, T300, QM21, QM65 +1 · Shelter
    290 feet
    Q60 T300 QM21 QM65 QM68
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q60 …
  2. T300 …
  3. QM21 …
  4. QM65 …
  5. QM68 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 13 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway southbound at Main Street & Queens Boulevard, 460 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 138-98 Queens Boulevard Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 80-25 126th Street Charging for electric cars, 31 Level 2 chargers and three fast chargers
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11435
Community board
Queens Community Board 8
City Council district
24 and 29 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
102 and 107 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Jamaica Hills-Briarwood

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 1956 and 1966.

Trees

NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 82 signs on these blocks
  • 17 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2024 and June 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 6 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 7:30am to 7pm on Queens Boulevard (south side).

North side of Queens Boulevard

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AUTHORIZED VEHICLE ONLY DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION
  • Authorized vehicles only 7 signs AVO NYSJ MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 7AM-7:30AM
  • No standing 12 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Queens Boulevard

  • Authorized vehicles only 7 signs AVO DISTRICT ATTORNEY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • Authorized vehicles only 4 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING SATURDAY 7AM-7:30AM
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Queens Boulevard

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 455959.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks
  • 1 library
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Archbishop Molloy High School
    910 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hoover - Manton Playgrounds Park
    80 feet
  2. Maple Grove Park
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Briarwood Library
    450 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    930 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,020 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and ten 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, four of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Queens Boulevard or Van Wyck Expressway.

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