108th Street & 70th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 108th Street and 70th Avenue is in Forest Hills, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The statue “Gerald MacDonald” is 570 feet away. The nearest subway, Forest Hills-71 Av, is about two minutes on foot, for the E, F, M and R. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 47 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Forest Hills-71 Av
470 feet · 2 min on foot · E, F, M, R
Nearest bus stop
310 feet
108 St/70 Rd · Q23
Within a walk
11 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 2 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
108th Street & 70th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Forest Hills-71 Av, 470 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

Outbound
4 lines
  1. E …
  2. F …
  3. M …
  4. R …
Manhattan
4 lines
  1. E …
  2. F …
  3. M …
  4. R …

Also within a walk

  1. 75 Av E, F
    0.5 miles
    E F

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 108 St/70 Rd, 310 feet away, for the Q23.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 108 St/70 Rd Q23
    310 feet
    Q23

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q23 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 15 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway westbound at Jewel Avenue & Grand Central Parkway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 100-16 Metropolitan Avenue Gas station
    1.1 miles
  2. 70-31A 108th Street Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers
    470 feet
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

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
29
Police precinct
112
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Forest Hills
Elevation
63 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,400 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 1942 and 1964.

Trees

NYC Parks records 47 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 24 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2014 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 108th Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 4 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 70th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of 70th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Modern Classical, and built between 1939 and 1940.

  1. Ridgewood Savings Bank Designated landmark
    380 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in MacDonald Park.

  1. Gerald MacDonald Statue by Frederic De Henwood, 1934
    570 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 garden
  • 1 library
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. All My Children Day Care and Nursery School Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    880 feet
  2. American Training Center Trade or language school
    1,190 feet
  3. Ivy United USA Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,220 feet
Show all 4
  1. Metropolitan Learning Institute Trade or language school
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. MacDonald Park
    600 feet
  2. Charlotte's Way - South Jamaica II Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    800 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Forest Hills Library
    680 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Forest Hills Jewish Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    920 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Forest Hills Post Office Listed historic place
    840 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    720 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    890 feet
  3. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    960 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    710 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    1,170 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    770 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 47 places to eat and seven food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 108th Street or 70th 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.