Highland Avenue & Ava Place

Highland Avenue and Ava Place meet at a three-way junction in Jamaica Estates-Holliswood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The sculpture “Wingdale” is 570 feet away. The nearest subway, Jamaica-179 St, is about six minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are three public places. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1940 and 1969, most in buildings of ten homes or more. NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jamaica-179 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
1,150 feet
Homelawn St/Highland Av · Q31
Within a walk
3 places
1 day care or pre-K site, 1 religious building and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Highland Avenue & Ava Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jamaica-179 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. Jamaica-179 St F
    0.3 miles
    F

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. F …

Also within a walk

  1. 169 St F
    0.3 miles
    F

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Homelawn St/Highland Av, 1,150 feet away, for the Q31.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Homelawn St/Highland Av Q31
    1,150 feet
    Q31

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q31 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 15 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway eastbound, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 165-01 Hillside Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 92-23 168th Place Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.8 miles
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash 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 March 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
127 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,700 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 between 1940 and 1969.

Trees

NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 14 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2019 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Ava Place

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 10:30AM-NOON

West side of Ava Place

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 10:30AM-NOON

North side of Highland Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 10:30AM-NOON

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in Major John W. Mark Park.

  1. Wingdale Sculpture by Roger Bolomey, 1973
    570 feet
  2. Soldiers and Sailors Monument Statue by Frederick Wellington Ruckstull, 1896
    680 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Mary Louis Academy (The) School
    980 feet
  2. PM Evaluation & Therapy Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,200 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Immaculate Conception Church Jamaica House of worship
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Not on record for this corner: 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:

See every intersection along Ava Place or Highland Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.