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Hollis, New York City — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Hollis is a residential neighborhood in the southeastern section of Queens, set between Jamaica and Queens Village in New York City.
About Hollis
Where to stay in Hollis
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Beds here are scarce, so the practical question is which edge suits: Hillside Avenue along the north, 181st Street toward Jamaica, or Francis Lewis Boulevard on the Queens Village side. The streets between stay residential. Visitors who need more choice than Hollis offers usually look to Jamaica or Queens Village, each just across one of the boundary streets that frame the neighborhood.
About Hollis
What are the main landmarks in Hollis?
Hollis keeps one listed landmark. The Jamaica First German Presbyterian Church carries the name of the neighborhood to the west in its own, a sign of how closely the two names sit along that western edge. Beyond it, the interest is the street plan itself, four named boundaries enclosing blocks of houses between Jamaica and Queens Village.
Hollis does not trade on monuments.
What is the history of Hollis?
Hollis took shape as housing. The Jamaica First German Presbyterian Church is the neighborhood's one named building, its name binding the place to Jamaica, which the boundary at 181st Street still separates from it. Queens holds it.
Hillside Avenue, Francis Lewis Boulevard, and Murdock Avenue complete the frame that has fixed the neighborhood's shape on the map.
Where is Hollis?
Four roads box Hollis in: 181st Street to the west, Hillside Avenue to the north, Francis Lewis Boulevard to the east, and Murdock Avenue to the south.
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Updated September 2026