The route headed to the northeast along the southern edge of the Oakland Gardens neighborhood on the four-lane Union Turnpike, a road often recognized more by its name than by its designation.

The route continued on, meeting the nearby Cross Island Parkway at another interchange before heading into the Glen Oaks portion of Queens.

[4] The highway continued on a northeasterly track to the New York City line, where it turned slightly eastward as it crossed into Nassau County.

After several blocks, the road turned southeast to reach Hillside Manor, a neighborhood located on the border between North New Hyde Park and Herricks.

[6][7] The section of Union Turnpike from Kew Gardens to the Nassau County line had been converted from a narrow unpaved road to a paved multi-lane highway in the late 1930s ahead of the 1939 New York World's Fair.