Queens Village (Union, Van Buren, Springfield: apartment complex, homes, high school)
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the best part of queens village to live would be near van buren high school on hillside avenue and 230th. it's quiet and right near the Q46 bus on Union, the QM1A express bus of the Q43 on Hillside.
There's also a nice apartment complex on Stronghurst Avenue, the name escapes me but I used to hang out there when I had friends from high school who lived there.
The LIRR stop is located at Springfield and just south of Jamaica Avenue. I'm fairly certain but not completely that the area south of the train tracks is not the greatest.
^^ It's not horrible south of the tracks ("shadyville"?), but it looks it to a lot of people because it's sandwiched between the nicer part of QV to the north and Cambria Heights to the south.
The "Hollis Hills" area, between Union and the GCP, is probably the nicest part though. It's considered QV/Hollis because it's south of Union Turnpike which is the divide between 113 and 114 area codes, but it's practically the southernmost extension of Bayside since it's separated by the parkway from the rest of QV and Hollis.
^^ It's not horrible south of the tracks ("shadyville"?), but it looks it to a lot of people because it's sandwiched between the nicer part of QV to the north and Cambria Heights to the south.
The "Hollis Hills" area, between Union and the GCP, is probably the nicest part though. It's considered QV/Hollis because it's south of Union Turnpike which is the divide between 113 and 114 area codes, but it's practically the southernmost extension of Bayside since it's separated by the parkway from the rest of QV and Hollis.
That's why I said I wasn't completely sure of it either way. I haven't been around there since I went to Van Buren in the mid-1990s.
Queens Village like any other neighboorhood has its good and bad parts. West of 212 street and hillside avenue and north of jamaica ave is the better area.
I suggest you live within 1-2 blocks of the bus stop or if you can afford to north of hillside ave in hollis hills (not to be confused with hollis which is around francis lewis blvd).
Hollis hills however is a more expensive area consisting of single family homes with large lots in particular.
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