Van Wyck Expressway & Van Wyck Expressway/Hillside Avenue

Van Wyck Expressway and Van Wyck Expressway/Hillside Avenue meet at a ten-way junction in Kew Gardens, Queens. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Our Lady of Cenacle Church is 380 feet away. The nearest subway, Briarwood, is about six minutes on foot, for the E and F. Within a five-minute walk are three public places, two of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1931 and 1960, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest subway
Briarwood
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · E, F
Nearest bus stop
1,200 feet
Queens Blvd/Main St · Q20, Q44 SBS, Q60, T300 +1
Within a walk
3 places
2 religious buildings and 1 school, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Van Wyck Expressway & Van Wyck Expressway/Hillside Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Briarwood, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Briarwood E, F
    0.3 miles
    E F

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Jamaica-Van Wyck E
    0.3 miles
    E

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Queens Blvd/Main St, 1,200 feet away, for the Q20, Q44 SBS, Q60, T300 and QM68.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Queens Blvd/Main St Q20, Q44 SBS, Q60, T300 +1
    1,200 feet
    Q20 Q44 SBS Q60 T300 QM68

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q20 …
  2. Q44 SBS …
  3. Q60 …
  4. T300 …
  5. QM68 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 15 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11435
Community board
Queens Community Board 9
City Council district
29
Police precinct
102
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Kew Gardens

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Four of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1931 and 1960.

Trees

Sixteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Tiegerman High School
    970 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of Cenacle Church House of worship
    380 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    990 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,030 feet
  2. Trade Fair Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and four food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change, a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, three of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 87th Avenue Pedestrian Overpass or Van Wyck Expressway.

Sources: MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, NYPD, NYC Parks, NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18–27, 2026.