Palo Alto Street & Nero Avenue
Palo Alto Street and Nero Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Jamaica Estates-Holliswood, Queens. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Yeshiva University HS for Girls is 990 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 188 St/Henley Rd, is 1,250 feet away for the Q17, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places, two of them religious buildings. About 200 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/Henley Rd, 1,250 feet away, for the Q17.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- 188 St/Henley Rd Q171,250 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, 1,320 feet by car along the streets.
- 187-41 Hillside Avenue Gas station0.5 miles
- 92-23 168th Place Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger1.9 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 November 2015.
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
- 140 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 200 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
NYC Parks records 23 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the sweetgum.
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedThree public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 religious buildings
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- Yeshiva University HS for Girls School990 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:
- Palermo Street & Nero Avenue 270 feet
- Santiago Street & Nero Avenue 410 feet
- McLaughlin Avenue & Palo Alto Street 480 feet
- 193rd Street & McLaughlin Avenue 710 feet
- McLaughlin Avenue & Palermo Street 730 feet
- Santiago Street & Soho Drive 740 feet
- Nero Avenue & Sancho Street 770 feet
- McLaughlin Avenue & Santiago Street 820 feet
See every intersection along Nero Avenue or Palo Alto Street.