108th Street & 68th Drive

The four-way crossing of 108th Street and 68th Drive is in Forest Hills, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The Academy for Excellence Through the Arts is 570 feet away. The nearest subway, Forest Hills-71 Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the E, F, M and R. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and two places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Forest Hills-71 Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · E, F, M, R
Nearest bus stop
240 feet
108 St/69 Av · Q23
Within a walk
9 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
108th Street & 68th Drive Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Forest Hills-71 Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  1. Forest Hills-71 Av E, F, M, R
    0.3 miles
    E F M R

Next trains at this station

Outbound
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Manhattan
4 lines
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Also within a walk

  1. 67 Av M, R
    0.4 miles
    M R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 108 St/69 Av, 240 feet away, for the Q23.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 108 St/69 Av Q23
    240 feet
    Q23

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q23 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 108 St & Jewel Ave 18 docks in all
    760 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway westbound at Jewel Avenue & Grand Central Parkway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 105-55 Horace Harding Expressway Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. 70-31A 108th Street Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2016

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11375
Community board
Queens Community Board 6
City Council district
29
Police precinct
112
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Forest Hills
Elevation
62 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,200 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 1940 and 1949.

Trees

NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 26 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 108th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of 108th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of 68th Drive

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of 68th Drive

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 recreation center

Schools and child care

  1. All My Children Day Care and Nursery School Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    370 feet
  2. The Academy for Excellence Through the Arts School
    570 feet
  3. Aim High Childrens - Rise and Shine School
    800 feet
Show all 4
  1. Commonpoint NY Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Yellowstone Park
    450 feet
  2. Yellowstone Park Playground
    680 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Central Queens YM-YWHA Recreation center
    1,200 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,130 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 108th Street or 68th 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 Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.