196th Street & Hollis Court Boulevard

The four-way crossing of 196th Street and Hollis Court Boulevard is in Auburndale, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. The nearest bus stop, Hollis Court Blvd/195 St, is 380 feet away for the Q26, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk is one public place. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1940 and 1955, almost all in houses of one or two. NYC Parks records 64 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the sweetgum.

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196th Street & Hollis Court Boulevard Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Hollis Court Blvd/195 St, 380 feet away, for the Q26.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hollis Court Blvd/195 St Q26
    380 feet
    Q26

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q26 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at Horace Harding Expressway & Underhill Avenue at Long Island Expressway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 46-61 Francis Lewis Boulevard Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 20602 Northern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    1 mile
  3. 214-32 41st Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

No 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 December 2020.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11365
Community board
Queens Community Board 11
City Council district
20
Police precinct
111
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Auburndale
Elevation
61 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 500 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 64 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the sweetgum.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

One public place is within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site

Schools and child care

  1. Home Sweet Home Children's School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Emporium Supermarket
    0.4 miles

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 signal or safety change
  • 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 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

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