Farmers Boulevard & Hollis Avenue
Farmers Boulevard and Hollis Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Hollis, Queens. The corner is also named Zanu G. Simpson Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Cambria Heights Academy is 1,240 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Farmers Blvd/Hollis Av, is 70 feet away for the Q3, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, three of them religious buildings, and four places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Farmers Blvd/Hollis Av, 70 feet away, for the Q3.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Farmers Blvd/Hollis Av Q370 feetQ3
Next buses at this stop
- Q3 …
Cycling
- 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway eastbound at 188th Street, 1 mile by car along the streets.
- 184-45 Jamaica Avenue Gas station0.4 miles
- 92-23 168th Place Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger1.4 miles
- 134-40 Springfield Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars2.4 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported ten crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
- 4 people injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11423
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 12
- City Council district
- 27
- Police precinct
- 103
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Hollis
- Elevation
- 49 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Zanu G. Simpson Way, a co-naming enacted on January 20, 2019 (Local Law 24 of 2019).
The streets
- Up to four travel lanes
Homes
About 900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1928 and 1952.
Trees
NYC Parks records 21 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Zanu G. Simpson Way.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 14 signs on these blocks
- 6 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2020 and November 2025, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of 99th Avenue
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
South side of 99th Avenue
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
East side of Farmers Boulevard
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING SATURDAY 9:30AM-11AM
West side of Farmers Boulevard
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
North side of Hollis Avenue
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSix public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 3 religious buildings
- 2 schools
- 1 park
Schools and child care
- Helping Hand Academy II School870 feet
- Cambria Heights Academy School1,240 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Hollis Veterans Square900 feet
Supermarkets
- CTown Supermarket0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and three 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:
- Hollis Avenue & 99th Avenue 130 feet
- 190th Street & Hollis Avenue 180 feet
- Hollis Avenue & 191st Street 320 feet
- 190th Street & Woodhull Avenue 390 feet
- Farmers Boulevard & Henderson Avenue 420 feet
- Farmers Boulevard & 102nd Avenue 570 feet
- 189th Street & Henderson Avenue 580 feet
- 193rd Street & 99th Avenue 610 feet
See every intersection along 99th Avenue, Farmers Boulevard or Hollis Avenue.