Hollis Avenue & 217th Lane

Hollis Avenue and 217th Lane meet at a three-way junction in Queens Village, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Sts Joachim & Anne Church is 280 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Hollis Av/217 Pl, is 30 feet away for the Q2, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, four of them religious buildings, and four places to eat.

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Hollis Avenue & 217th Lane Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Hollis Av/217 Pl, 30 feet away, for the Q2.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hollis Av/217 Pl Q2
    30 feet
    Q2

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q2 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Island Parkway southbound at 225th Street & 103rd Avenue, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 213-10 Jamaica Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 221-18 Manor Road Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    1.8 miles
  3. 134-40 Springfield Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, December 2018

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11429
Community board
Queens Community Board 13
City Council district
27
Police precinct
105
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Queens Village
Elevation
71 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 93 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

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 August 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Hollis Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. SS Joachim & Anne School
    490 feet
  2. P.S. 034 John Harvard School
    680 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Wayanda Park
    50 feet
  2. Wayanda Park Playground
    100 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Sts Joachim & Anne Church House of worship
    280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat.

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 and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.