188th Street & Grand Central Parkway
The three-way junction of 188th Street and Grand Central Parkway (Exit 19) is in Jamaica Estates-Holliswood, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. P.S./ Is 178 Holliswood is 820 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 188 St/Avon Rd, is 20 feet away for the Q17, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, three of them religious buildings. About 120 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1940 and 1950, almost all in houses of one or two.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is 188 St/Avon Rd, 20 feet away, for the Q17.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- 188 St/Avon Rd Q1720 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, 260 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 countedNo police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2019.
What the city has done here
- Accessible pedestrian signal, November 2022
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
- 137 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
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 40 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.
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-K690 feet
- Summit School790 feet
- P.S./ Is 178 Holliswood School820 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Cunningham Park1,220 feet
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here 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 & Avon Road 100 feet
- 188th Street & Grand Central Parkway 260 feet
- Grand Central Parkway & 188th Street 300 feet
- 188th Street & Radnor Road 370 feet
- 188th Street & Grand Central Parkway 520 feet
- Grand Central Parkway & 188th Street at McLaughlin Avenue 580 feet
- 189th Street & Radnor Road 640 feet
- Chevy Chase Street & Avon Road 750 feet
See every intersection along 188th Street or Grand Central Parkway.