108th Street & 71st Avenue

The three-way junction of 108th Street and 71st Avenue 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. Forest Hills Library is 340 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 religious buildings, and 69 places to eat. About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1946 and 1965, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
6 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Forest Hills-71 Av
110 feet · 1 min on foot · E, F, M, R
Nearest bus stop
90 feet
108 St/Queens Blvd · Q64
Within a walk
11 places
2 religious buildings, 2 trade or language schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
108th Street & 71st Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Forest Hills-71 Av, 110 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  1. Forest Hills-71 Av E, F, M, R
    110 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/Queens Blvd, 90 feet away, for the Q64.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 108 St/Queens Blvd Q64
    90 feet
    Q64

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q64 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 40 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 6 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Queens Blvd N & 71 Ave 29 docks in all
    90 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway eastbound at Grand Central Parkway & 72nd Road, 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
    220 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 six crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

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
66 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,300 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 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the London planetree and the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 10 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2024 and February 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on 71st Avenue (south side).

East side of 108th Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of 71st Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 404538 and 463941.

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
    180 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
    650 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. American Training Center Trade or language school
    710 feet
  2. One Stop Academy Trade or language school
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

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

Health care

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Forest Hills Library
    340 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Forest Hills Jewish Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,070 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Forest Hills Post Office Listed historic place
    940 feet
  2. Older adult center at 106-06 Queens Boulevard Older adult center
    1,220 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    240 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    410 feet
  3. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    480 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    1,230 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 69 places to eat and eight food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 108th Street or 71st Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.