188th Street & Avon Road
The four-way crossing of 188th Street and Avon Road is in Jamaica Estates-Holliswood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. In 2025, two school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Cunningham Park is 1,120 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 188 St/Avon Rd, is 110 feet away for the Q17, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, three of them religious buildings.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is 188 St/Avon Rd, 110 feet away, for the Q17.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- 188 St/Avon Rd Q17 · Shelter110 feetQ17
Next buses at this stop
- Q17 …
Cycling
- 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway westbound at 188th Street & Grand Central Parkway, 350 feet by car along the streets.
- 187-41 Hillside Avenue Gas station0.6 miles
- 92-23 168th Place Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger1.8 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported seven crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
- 4 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 1 of those hurt, on a bike
The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.
Camera tickets
How tickets are countedIn 2025, 2 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,954th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11423
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 8
- City Council district
- 23 and 24 (the boundary runs through this corner)
- Police precinct
- 107
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Jamaica Estates-Holliswood
- Elevation
- 135 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 120 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1940 and 1950.
Trees
NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 3 signs on these blocks
- 1 rule
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in September 2014, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Avon Road
- No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSeven public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 3 religious buildings
- 2 schools
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 park
Schools and child care
- All My Children Day Care and Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K580 feet
- P.S./ Is 178 Holliswood School720 feet
- Summit School890 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Cunningham Park1,120 feet
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 188th Street & Grand Central Parkway 100 feet
- 188th Street & Radnor Road 270 feet
- 188th Street & Grand Central Parkway 350 feet
- Grand Central Parkway & 188th Street 400 feet
- 189th Street & Radnor Road 540 feet
- 188th Street & Grand Central Parkway 620 feet
- Chevy Chase Street & Avon Road 650 feet
- 188th Street & Midland Parkway 680 feet
See every intersection along 188th Street or Avon Road.