Jamaica Avenue & 195th Street

Jamaica Avenue and 195th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Hollis, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 19 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Holliswood Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare is 900 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Jamaica Av/193 St, is 320 feet away for the Q110, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and six places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
19 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Grand Central Parkway
1 mile by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
320 feet
Jamaica Av/193 St · Q110
Within a walk
16 places
10 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jamaica Avenue & 195th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Jamaica Av/193 St, 320 feet away, for the Q110.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica Av/193 St Q110 · Shelter
    320 feet
    Q110
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q110 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway eastbound at 188th Street, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 184-45 Jamaica Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 92-23 168th Place Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    1.5 miles
  3. 134-40 Springfield Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 19 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11423
Community board
Queens Community Board 12
City Council district
23 and 27 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
103
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Hollis
Elevation
59 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane

Homes

About 1,500 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 1939 and 1974.

Trees

NYC Parks records 29 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 14 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

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

West side of 195th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

North side of Jamaica Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING W/ MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Jamaica Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 407006.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Committee for Early Childhood Development Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    230 feet
  2. P.S. 035 Nathaniel Woodhull School
    1,010 feet
  3. Wellspring UPK School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,170 feet
Show all 4
  1. Wellspring Schools School
    1,210 feet

Health care

  1. Holliswood Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare Nursing home or hospice
    900 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Hollis Post Office
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    120 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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 of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 195th Street or Jamaica Avenue.

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.