108th Street & 70th Road

The four-way crossing of 108th Street and 70th Road is in Forest Hills, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Ridgewood Savings Bank stands 140 feet away. The nearest subway, Forest Hills-71 Av, is about a minute on foot, for the E, F, M and R. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 64 places to eat.

Safety record
17 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Forest Hills-71 Av
210 feet · 1 min on foot · E, F, M, R
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
108 St/70 Rd · Q23
Within a walk
11 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 religious buildings and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Forest Hills-71 Av, 210 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  1. Forest Hills-71 Av E, F, M, R
    210 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
    0.4 miles
    E F

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 108 St/70 Rd, 40 feet away, for the Q23.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q23 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Queens Blvd N & 71 Ave 29 docks in all
    350 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
    210 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 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 17 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 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
64 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 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 1946 and 1965.

Trees

NYC Parks records 47 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the London planetree and the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 25 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and May 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 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 108th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of 70th Road

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 70th Road

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 406329.

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
    140 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
    540 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 garden
  • 1 library
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. American Training Center Trade or language school
    940 feet
  2. All My Children Day Care and Nursery School Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

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

Health care

  1. Forest View Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing Nursing home or hospice
    1,170 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Forest Hills Library
    420 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Forest Hills Jewish Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,020 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Forest Hills Post Office Listed historic place
    850 feet
  2. Older adult center at 106-06 Queens Boulevard Older adult center
    1,170 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    460 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    630 feet
  3. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    700 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    450 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    1,300 feet

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    1,180 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 64 places to eat and six food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 108th Street or 70th Road.

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.