209th Street & Hollis Avenue

The three-way junction of 209th Street and Hollis Avenue is in Queens Village, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Hollis Ave Congregational Church is 670 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Hollis Av/209 Pl, is 170 feet away for the Q2, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, three of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1935, almost all in houses of one or two.

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209th Street & Hollis Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Hollis Av/209 Pl, 170 feet away, for the Q2.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hollis Av/209 Pl Q2
    170 feet
    Q2

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q2 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 8 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, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 205-43 Hollis Avenue Gas station
    1,000 feet
  2. 221-18 Manor Road Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    2.1 miles
  3. 134-40 Springfield Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 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 May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11429
Community board
Queens Community Board 13
City Council district
27
Police precinct
105
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Queens Village
Elevation
64 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

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 1925 and 1935.

Trees

NYC Parks records 65 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 2 signs on these blocks
  • 1 rule

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in March 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Hollis Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites

Schools and child care

  1. Charles R Drew - Queens County Ed. F Preschool
    530 feet
  2. Charles R. Drew Early Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    840 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Hollis Ave Congregational Church House of worship
    670 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,150 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and six 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 13 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, NYCHA, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.