205th Street & Hollis Avenue
The three-way junction of 205th Street and Hollis Avenue is in Hollis, Queens, and is also named Run D.M.C JMJ Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Hollis Playground is 50 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Hollis Av/204 St, is 90 feet away for the Q2, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and eight places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Hollis Av/204 St, 90 feet away, for the Q2.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Hollis Av/204 St Q290 feetQ2
Next buses at this stop
- Q2 …
Cycling
- 36 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Island Parkway southbound at 225th Street & 103rd Avenue, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.
- 205-43 Hollis Avenue Gas station500 feet
- 134-40 Springfield Boulevard Charging for electric cars, fast chargers2.1 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.
The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2023.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11412
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 12
- City Council district
- 27
- Police precinct
- 103 and 113 (the boundary runs through this corner)
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Hollis
- Elevation
- 59 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Run D.M.C JMJ Way, a co-naming enacted on July 17, 2009 (Local Law 46 of 2009).
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1949.
Trees
NYC Parks records 62 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Run D.M.C JMJ Way.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 12 signs on these blocks
- 6 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2017 and April 2025, and the sign on the street decides.
West side of 205th Street
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
North side of Hollis Avenue
- No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
South side of Hollis Avenue
- No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING SATURDAY 9:30AM-11AM
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 7 religious buildings
- 3 day care or pre-K sites
- 3 schools
- 1 library
- 1 playground
Schools and child care
- I.S. 192 the Linden School600 feet
- Pathways College Preparatory School: a College Board School600 feet
- P.S. 134 Hollis School800 feet
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- Blanche Community Progress Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K840 feet
- Charles R Drew - Queens County Ed. F Preschool930 feet
- Charles R. Drew Early Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K1,100 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Hollis Playground50 feet
Libraries, museums and history
- South Hollis Library290 feet
Supermarkets
- Fine Fare Supermarket0.3 miles
Pharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy870 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and eight food stores.
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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 204th Street & Hollis Avenue 200 feet
- Hollis Avenue & 205th Place 260 feet
- 110th Avenue & 205th Street 460 feet
- 203rd Street & Hollis Avenue 520 feet
- Francis Lewis Boulevard & Hollis Avenue 520 feet
- 109th Avenue & 205th Street 560 feet
- 111th Avenue & 205th Street 730 feet
- 202nd Street & Hollis Avenue 780 feet
See every intersection along 205th Street or Hollis Avenue.