Highways feeding into the Kew Gardens Interchange include the Grand Central Parkway, Interstate 678 (the Van Wyck Expressway), the Jackie Robinson Parkway, Queens Boulevard (New York State Route 25), and Union Turnpike.

On August 18, 2010, the New York State Department of Transportation broke ground on the first phase of reconstruction of the Kew Gardens interchange.

[5] Renovations to the Queens Boulevard viaduct and Briarwood station were completed in 2016 at a cost of $159 million.

The project included a reconstructed exit ramp, widened lanes on I-678, and four new bridges.

[7] The third and fourth phases included the reconstruction of additional ramps and the widening of the roadways.