Grand Central Parkway & Avon Street
Grand Central Parkway and Avon Street meet at a three-way junction in Jamaica Estates-Holliswood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The nearest bus stop, 188 St/Grand Central Pkwy, is 0.4 miles away for the Q17, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk is one public place. About 140 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1935 and 1945, almost all in houses of one or two.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is 188 St/Grand Central Pkwy, 0.4 miles away, for the Q17.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- 188 St/Grand Central Pkwy Q170.4 milesQ17
Next buses at this stop
- Q17 …
Cycling
- 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway eastbound at 188th Street, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.
- 187-05 Hillside Avenue Gas station0.6 miles
- 92-23 168th Place Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger1.5 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes 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 2022.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11432
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 8
- City Council district
- 24
- Police precinct
- 107
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Jamaica Estates-Holliswood
- Elevation
- 110 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- Posted limits from 25 to 30 mph
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 140 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 1935 and 1945.
Trees
NYC Parks records 26 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry and the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 17 signs on these blocks
- 3 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2019 and November 2024, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of Avon Street
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 10:30AM-NOON
West side of Avon Street
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 10:30AM-NOON
South side of Grand Central Parkway
- No standing 8 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM
Places within a walk
How places are listedOne public place is within a five-minute walk.
- 1 religious building
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 corners on foot, four of them within a three-minute walk:
- Grand Central Parkway & Radnor Street 430 feet
- Grand Central Parkway & Somerset Street 530 feet
- Henley Road & Avon Street 750 feet
- Somerset Street & Hovenden Road 780 feet
- Midland Parkway & Croydon Road 870 feet
- Cambridge Road & Somerset Street 910 feet
- Avon Street & Kruger Road 1,050 feet
- Henley Road & Radnor Street 1,080 feet
See every intersection along Avon Street or Grand Central Parkway.