McLaughlin Avenue & Palo Alto Street
McLaughlin Avenue and Palo Alto Street meet at a three-way junction in Jamaica Estates-Holliswood, Queens. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. In 2025, 2,105 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Summit School is 830 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 188 St/Grand Central Pkwy, is 790 feet away for the Q17. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them religious buildings. About 150 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1935 and 1955, 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, 790 feet away, for the Q17.
- 1 route within a ten-minute walk
- 188 St/Grand Central Pkwy Q17790 feetQ17
Next buses at this stop
- Q17 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway eastbound at 188th Street, 840 feet by car along the streets.
- 187-41 Hillside Avenue Gas station0.6 miles
- 92-23 168th Place Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger2 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2019.
Camera tickets
How tickets are countedIn 2025, 2,105 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 405th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.
In 2026 so far, through August 27, 908 more were issued.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11423
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 8
- City Council district
- 23
- Police precinct
- 107
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Jamaica Estates-Holliswood
- Elevation
- 139 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 150 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 1955.
Trees
Nineteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the sweetgum.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFour public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 religious buildings
- 1 park
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- Summit School830 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Cunningham Park1,120 feet
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 parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight corners within a three-minute walk:
- McLaughlin Avenue & Palermo Street 260 feet
- McLaughlin Avenue & Santiago Street 330 feet
- 193rd Street & McLaughlin Avenue 330 feet
- Palo Alto Street & Nero Avenue 480 feet
- Grand Central Parkway & 188th Street at McLaughlin Avenue 620 feet
- 193rd Street & 85th Road 650 feet
- 188th Street & Grand Central Parkway 670 feet
- Palermo Street & Nero Avenue 720 feet
See every intersection along McLaughlin Avenue or Palo Alto Street.