The Van Wyck Expressway begins at JFK Airport. The roadway from Terminal 4 becomes the expressway, which heads west for a short distance before curving to the north.

Photos taken December 2022.

Within the airport, the exits are assigned letters instead of numbers. Exit A is for the airport terminals, the Port Authority Police, and the tow pound.

Photos taken December 2022.

There is a New York welcome sign for visitors arriving by air, followed by signs giving directions to various destinations within the regions, such as Manhattan, Brooklyn, Staten Island, New Jersey, the Bronx, and Connecticut.

Photos taken December 2022.

Exit C is for long term parking, rental car returns, the cell phone lot, and all cargo areas.

Photos taken December 2022.

Exit 1A is for the Nassau Expressway (NY 878) east and the Belt Parkway east. It also provides access to North Conduit Avenue (NY 27) east.

Photos taken December 2022.

Exit 1B is for the Belt Parkway west. It also provides access to North Conduit Avenue (NY 27) west. Exit 2 is for Rockaway Boulevard.

Photos taken December 2022.

The AirTrain runs over the center of the expressway for a few miles beginning here. Construction work is currently in progress to add an HOV lane to this section.

Photos taken December 2022.

Exit 3 is for Linden Boulevard.

Photos taken December 2022.

Exit 4 is for Liberty Avenue.

Photos taken December 2022.

Exit 5 is for Atlantic Avenue.

Photos taken December 2022.

The AirTrain splits off to the east toward the Jamaica train station. Exit 6 is for Jamaica Avenue and Hillside Avenue.

Photos taken December 2022.

Exit 8 is for Main Street and Union Turnpike.

Photos taken December 2022.

Exit 9 is for Queens Boulevard (NY 25) west.

Photos taken April 2020.

Exit 10 is for the Grand Central Parkway.

Photos taken April 2020.

Exit 11 is for 69 Road, Jewel Avenue, and Harry Van Arsdale Jr. Avenue.

Photos taken April 2020.

Exits 12A-B are for the Long Island Expressway (I-495) and College Point Boulevard.

Photos taken 2020-2022.

Exit 13 is for Northern Boulevard (NY 25A) and Astoria Boulevard. There is also access to the Grand Central Parkway, although there is no signage to indicate so. The Van Wyck Expressway ends here. I-678 continues straight ahead as the Whitestone Expressway.

Photos taken December 2022.

Exit 14 is for Linden Place.

Photos taken December 2022.

Exit 15 is for 20 Avenue.

Photos taken December 2022.

Exit 16 is for the Cross Island Parkway, which begins here at the Whitestone Expressway just south of the Whitestone Bridge.

Photos taken December 2022.

Exit 17 is for 3 Avenue.

Photos taken May 2016.

The Whitestone Bridge crosses the East River from Queens to the Bronx.

Photos taken December 2019.

There is a cashless tolling gantry after the bridge.

Photos taken December 2019.

Exit 18 is for Lafayette Avenue.

Photos taken December 2019.

I-678 ends here at a very large interchange called the Bruckner Interchange. Exit 19N is for the Bruckner Expressway (I-95) north. Exit 19S is for the Cross Bronx Expressway (I-95) south. Exit 19W is for the Bruckner Expressway (I-278) west. All trucks must use one of these three exits. Continue straight ahead for the Hutchinson Parkway, which is not open to trucks. In addition to I-678, I-95, I-278, and the Hutchinson Parkway, a fifth highway, I-295, is part of this interchange, but it is not possible to access it from I-678.

Photos taken September 2021.