Grand Central Parkway & 86th Drive

Grand Central Parkway and 86th Drive meet at a three-way junction in Jamaica Estates-Holliswood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Cunningham Park is 550 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Hillside Av/210 St, is 0.3 miles away for the Q82 and QM68, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk is one public place. About 700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1951, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Map

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Grand Central Parkway & 86th Drive Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Hillside Av/210 St, 0.3 miles away, for the Q82 and QM68.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hillside Av/210 St Q82, QM68
    0.3 miles
    Q82 QM68

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q82 …
  2. QM68 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Clearview Expressway at Clearview Expressway & Hillside Avenue at 212th Street, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 211-60 Hillside Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 221-18 Manor Road Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    1.3 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported eight crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

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
177 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 700 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 in 1951.

Trees

Fourteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common are the London planetree and the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in December 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Grand Central Parkway

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

One public place is within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 park

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Cunningham Park
    550 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.5 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 designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, one of them 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.