188th Street & Grand Central Parkway

The three-way junction of 188th Street and Grand Central Parkway (south-east) is in Jamaica Estates-Holliswood, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Summit School is 270 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 188 St/Grand Central Pkwy, is 230 feet away for the Q17. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them religious buildings. About 140 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1940 and 1955, almost all in houses of one or two. NYC Parks records 38 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the sweetgum.

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188th Street & Grand Central Parkway Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 188 St/Grand Central Pkwy, 230 feet away, for the Q17.

  • 1 route within a ten-minute walk
  1. 188 St/Grand Central Pkwy Q17
    230 feet
    Q17

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q17 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway eastbound at 188th Street, 170 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 187-41 Hillside Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 92-23 168th Place Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    1.9 miles

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

What the city has done here

  • Safety Improvement Project, 2021

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
142 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 140 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 1955.

Trees

NYC Parks records 38 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the sweetgum.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Summit School
    270 feet
  2. All My Children Day Care and Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,210 feet

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC DOT, MTA, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYPD, NYC Parks and NYC Health, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.