Grand Central Parkway & 208th Street
Grand Central Parkway and 208th Street meet at a three-way junction in Jamaica Estates-Holliswood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Cunningham Park is 290 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Francis Lewis Blvd/Grand Central Pkwy, is 860 feet away for the Q76, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1951 and 1952, most in buildings of ten homes or more.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Francis Lewis Blvd/Grand Central Pkwy, 860 feet away, for the Q76.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Francis Lewis Blvd/Grand Central Pkwy Q76860 feetQ76
Next buses at this stop
- Q76 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway eastbound at Grand Central Parkway & Epsom Course, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.
- 211-60 Hillside Avenue Gas station0.6 miles
- 221-18 Manor Road Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers1.4 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported seven crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.
The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2024.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11427
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 8
- City Council district
- 23
- Police precinct
- 107
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Jamaica Estates-Holliswood
- Elevation
- 167 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1951 and 1952.
Trees
Twenty trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFive public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 older adult center
- 1 park
- 1 playground
- 1 religious building
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- Books & Rattles - the Learning Tree School1,000 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Cunningham Park290 feet
- McLaughlin Playground970 feet
Houses of worship
- Young Israel of Holliswood House of worship700 feet
Community centers and public services
- Older adult center at 86-25 Francis Lewis Boulevard Older adult center870 feet
Supermarkets
- Foodtown Supermarket0.4 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 corners on foot, three of them within a three-minute walk:
- Grand Central Parkway & Epsom Course 350 feet
- 208th Street & 86th Road 570 feet
- Grand Central Parkway & Epsom Course 610 feet
- Francis Lewis Boulevard & Epsom Course 830 feet
- Grand Central Parkway & Francis Lewis Boulevard at McLaughlin Avenue 860 feet
- Epsom Course & Dunton Street 1,050 feet
- McLaughlin Avenue & Grand Central Parkway at Sutro Street 1,140 feet
- Epsom Course & Sutro Street 1,160 feet
See every intersection along 208th Street or Grand Central Parkway.