Holly Avenue & Robinson Street

Holly Avenue and Robinson Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Flushing, Queens. The corner is also named Sarah Whiting Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Muslim Center Junior HS is 1,190 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Kissena Blvd/Holly Av, is 680 feet away for the Q17 and Q25, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, 15 of them religious buildings, and 17 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Long Island Expressway
1.1 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
680 feet
Kissena Blvd/Holly Av · Q17, Q25
Within a walk
20 places
15 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Holly Avenue & Robinson Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Kissena Blvd/Holly Av, 680 feet away, for the Q17 and Q25.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kissena Blvd/Holly Av Q17, Q25
    680 feet
    Q17 Q25

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q17 …
  2. Q25 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 8 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at Horace Harding Expressway & Long Island Expressway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 161-15 46th Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 41-61 Kissena Boulevard Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11355
Community board
Queens Community Board 7
City Council district
20
Police precinct
109
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Flushing
Elevation
49 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Sarah Whiting Way, a co-naming enacted on January 15, 2022 (Local Law 54 of 2022).

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the sweetgum.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Sarah Whiting Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 35 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2022 and July 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Holly Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Holly Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11AM-12:30PM

East side of Robinson Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Robinson Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 15 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 older adult center

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 024 Andrew Jackson School
    370 feet
  2. Little Lollipop Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    560 feet
  3. Muslim Center Junior HS School
    1,190 feet
Show all 4
  1. Adapt Community Network Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,210 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Kissena Jewish Center Synagogue House of worship
    1,250 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 45-25 Kissena Boulevard Older adult center
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gold City Supermarket Supermarket
    960 feet
  2. Food Plus Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and six food stores.

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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Holly Avenue or Robinson Street.

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