108th Street & Atlantic Avenue

The four-way crossing of 108th Street and Atlantic Avenue is in Richmond Hill, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Maurice A FitzGerald Playground is 590 feet away. The nearest subway, 111 St, is about ten minutes on foot, for the J. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them religious buildings, and six places to eat. About 800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1930, almost all in houses of one or two.

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108th Street & Atlantic Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Subway

The nearest subway station is 111 St, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  1. 111 St J
    0.5 miles
    J

Next trains at this station

Jamaica
1 line
  1. J …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. J …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Five Points of Observation” (1990) by Kathleen McCarthy at the 111 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Atlantic Av/108 St, 130 feet away, for the Q24.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Atlantic Av/108 St Q24
    130 feet
    Q24

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q24 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 10 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Metropolitan Avenue, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 104-09 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    980 feet
  2. 9325 Rockaway Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    1.2 miles
  3. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 13 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2018
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, June 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11418
Community board
Queens Community Board 9
City Council district
29
Police precinct
102
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Richmond Hill
Elevation
46 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1930.

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
  • 1 sign on these blocks
  • 1 rule

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in March 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Atlantic Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Boys and Girls Club of Metro Queens Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    570 feet
  2. P. S. 62 - Chester Park School
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Maurice A FitzGerald Playground
    590 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    110 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.