108th Street & 63rd Drive

The four-way crossing of 108th Street and 63rd Drive is in Forest Hills, Queens, and is also named Sergei Dovlatov Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. J.H.S. 157 Stephen A. Halsey is 1,080 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 108 St/63 Dr, is 110 feet away for the Q23, and ten bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them playgrounds, and 17 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Long Island Expressway
0.3 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
108 St/63 Dr · Q23
Within a walk
6 places
2 playgrounds, 1 day care or pre-K site and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 108 St/63 Dr, 110 feet away, for the Q23.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 108 St/63 Dr Q23 · Shelter
    110 feet
    Q23
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q23 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 64 Ave & 108 St 17 docks in all
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at 62nd Avenue & Apex Place, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 105-55 Horace Harding Expressway Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 66-36 Yellowstone Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 71 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 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2016
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, November 2019
  • Turn calming, February 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11375
Community board
Queens Community Board 6
City Council district
24 and 29 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
112
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Forest Hills
Elevation
31 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Sergei Dovlatov Way, a co-naming enacted on July 9, 2014 (Local Law 34 of 2014).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1950 and 1959.

Trees

NYC Parks records 34 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Sergei Dovlatov Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 38 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 7 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2017 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 108th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 108th Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of 63rd Drive

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of 63rd Drive

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 406059, 463264, 467559 and 468941.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. J.H.S. 157 Stephen A. Halsey School
    1,080 feet
  2. Babies Dream Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Annadale Playground
    1,230 feet
  2. Playground Sixty Two LXII Playground
    1,290 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 108-25 62nd Drive Older adult center
    1,200 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    540 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and 13 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

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

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 Records, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.