108th Street & 63rd Avenue

The four-way crossing of 108th Street and 63rd Avenue is in Forest Hills, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The Division 14/Engine 324 firehouse is 1,160 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 108 St/63 Rd, is 250 feet away for the QM10, QM11 and QM40, and ten bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places and 15 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Long Island Expressway
840 feet by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
250 feet
108 St/63 Rd · QM10, QM11, QM40
Within a walk
6 places
1 day care or pre-K site, 1 fire station and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
108th Street & 63rd Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 108 St/63 Rd, 250 feet away, for the QM10, QM11 and QM40.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 108 St/63 Rd QM10, QM11, QM40
    250 feet
    QM10 QM11 QM40

Next buses at this stop

  1. QM10 …
  2. QM11 …
  3. QM40 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 13 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 108 St & 62 Dr 16 docks in all
    240 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at 62nd Avenue & Apex Place, 840 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 105-55 Horace Harding Expressway Gas station
    1,250 feet
  2. 62-60 99th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 90-15 Queens Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported nine crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2019

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11375
Community board
Queens Community Board 6
City Council district
24
Police precinct
112
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Forest Hills
Elevation
30 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 2,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1950 and 1975.

Since 2014 at least 298 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2015 and September 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 108th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of 108th Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of 63rd Avenue

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of 63rd Avenue

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 220 Edward Mandel School
    890 feet
  2. Beth Jacob Jewish Educational Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Playground Sixty Two LXII Playground
    750 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 108-25 62nd Drive Older adult center
    660 feet

Fire and police

  1. Division 14/Engine 324 Fire station
    1,160 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    810 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,080 feet
  2. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and nine food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 108th Street or 63rd Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.