Hollis Hills

Hollis Hills is an affluent neighborhood in the north-eastern section of the New York City borough of Queens. As with most neighborhoods in New York City its existence is not official nor its boundaries fixed but Springfield Boulevard is commonly taken at the eastern boundary, Grand Central Parkway the southern, Hollis Hills Terrace to the west, and Kingsbury Avenue and Richland Avenue the northern. Some prefer to set the northern boundary with Oakland Gardens at Union Turnpike which approximates the border between the former townships of Flushing and Jamaica, and between the modern ZIP codes 11364 and 11427. Most homes in Hollis Hills are of the Colonial, Tudor, and Ranch styles. Houses here attract predominantly the upper-middle class...