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Hollis
Connect Hollis’s Run-DMC history with a meal at Datz Deli on Hollis Avenue. The street co-name recalls a specific musical community, while the deli’s Mac Patty offers a current family-business food stop.
Understanding Hollis
NYC Tourism's 2023 Queens hip-hop guide describes Run-DMC gathering on 203rd Street in Hollis during the 1980s. The group's local origin is part of the neighborhood's cultural history.
The same guide records Art1 creating a Jam Master Jay mural at Hollis Avenue and 205th Street in 2003 and the corner's co-naming as Run-DMC JMJ Way in 2009. Jay, the group's DJ, was killed in 2002.
Owner Joshua Dat describes opening Datz Deli with his father and building its menu around the Mac Patty, macaroni and cheese inside a patty. His family account connects an operating Hollis food stop with a small family business.
Places to explore
Run-DMC JMJ Way corner
Hollis Avenue at 205th StreetRead the street co-name as a public commemoration of the group. The 2023 official guide also documents a Jam Master Jay mural here. Treat it as a street-side historical reference, with no promise that the artwork is unchanged or that a museum or guided program operates at the corner.
Datz Deli
190-01 Hollis AvenueThe merchant’s current menu offers beef, chicken or vegetable patties with macaroni and cheese or rice fillings, alongside separate entrées. Choose a filling and check the current menu and ordering arrangements. Prices and preparation times change; the listing is useful for a meal rather than a promised short queue.
South Hollis Library
204-01 Hollis AvenueUse this nearby branch for books, computers or a program. QPL lists wheelchair access. Check its own calendar and opening hours.
Planning a visit
Choose the street corner, deli or nearby South Hollis Library before obtaining directions.
Check Datz's merchant menu for current pickup or delivery arrangements. Contact the selected library about individual access needs.
Visitor update
Hollis Library is closed for renovations. NYC Tourism lists Hollis Famous Burgers, formerly associated with the Hollis Hip-Hop Museum, as out of business.
Sources and visitor information
- Joshua Dat first-person account of Datz DeliJoshua Dat, as told to Business Insider
- Hollis LibraryQueens Public Library
- South Hollis LibraryQueens Public Library
- A Guide to Hip-Hop Culture in QueensNYC Tourism and Conventions
- Hollis Famous Burgers listingNYC Tourism and Conventions
- 2020 Neighborhood Tabulation Areas (NTAs), NYC Open Data 26BNYC Department of City Planning / NYC Open Data