Holliswood, Queens
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Holliswood is a neighborhood in the New York City
borough
of Queens
. Holliswood is in east central Queens bounded by the Grand Central Parkway
to the north, Francis Lewis Boulevard
to the east, Hillside Avenue to the south and 188th Street on the west. The neighborhood is part of Queens Community Board 8
.
New York City
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borough
Borough (New York City)
New York City, one of the largest cities in the world, is composed of five boroughs. Each borough now has the same boundaries as the county it is in. County governments were dissolved when the city consolidated in 1898, along with all city, town, and village governments within each county...
of Queens
Queens
Queens is the easternmost of the five boroughs of New York City. The largest borough in area and the second-largest in population, it is coextensive with Queens County, an administrative division of New York state, in the United States....
. Holliswood is in east central Queens bounded by the Grand Central Parkway
Grand Central Parkway
The Grand Central Parkway is a parkway that stretches from the RFK-Triborough Bridge in New York City to Nassau County on Long Island. At the Queens-Nassau border, it becomes the Northern State Parkway, which runs across the northern part of Long Island through Nassau County and into Suffolk...
to the north, Francis Lewis Boulevard
Francis Lewis Boulevard
Francis Lewis Boulevard is a boulevard in the New York City borough of Queens. The roadway is named for Francis Lewis, a Queens resident who was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence.-Route description:...
to the east, Hillside Avenue to the south and 188th Street on the west. The neighborhood is part of Queens Community Board 8
Queens Community Board 8
The Queens Community Board 8 is a local government in the New York City borough of Queens, encompassing the neighborhoods of Briarwood, Cunningham Heights, Flushing South, Fresh Meadows, Hilltop Village, Holliswood, Jamaica Estates, Kew Gardens Hills, Pomonok Houses and Utopia...
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