Van Wyck Expressway & Whitestone Expressway

Van Wyck Expressway and Whitestone Expressway (Exit 14, north-east) meet at a four-way crossing in Flushing-Willets Point, Queens. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025.

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Van Wyck Expressway & Whitestone Expressway

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Whitestone Expressway southbound at Whitestone Expressway & Ulmer Street at Whitestone Expressway Turnaround, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 137-17 Northern Boulevard Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 135-23 39th Avenue Charging for electric cars, eight fast chargers
    1 mile

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
11354
Community board
Queens Community Board 7
City Council district
20
Police precinct
109
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flushing-Willets Point

The streets

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

Trees

Nine trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common are the oak and the pin oak.

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
  • A listed public place within a five-minute walk

Sources: NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYPD and NYC Parks, retrieved September 19 – October 6, 2026.