108th Street & Jewel Avenue

The four-way crossing of 108th Street and Jewel Avenue is in Forest Hills, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Forest Hills Library is 940 feet away. The nearest subway, Forest Hills-71 Av, is about three 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 25 places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Forest Hills-71 Av
730 feet · 3 min on foot · E, F, M, R
Nearest bus stop
80 feet
Jewel Av/108 St · Q64, Q74, QM4, QM44
Within a walk
11 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 2 parks and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
108th Street & Jewel Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Forest Hills-71 Av, 730 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  1. Forest Hills-71 Av E, F, M, R
    730 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. 67 Av M, R
    0.5 miles
    M R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Jewel Av/108 St, 80 feet away, for the Q64, Q74, QM4 and QM44.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jewel Av/108 St Q64, Q74, QM4, QM44
    80 feet
    Q64 Q74 QM4 QM44

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q64 …
  2. Q74 …
  3. QM4 …
  4. QM44 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway westbound at Jewel Avenue & Grand Central Parkway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 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
59 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 1955.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2016 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 108th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 108th Street

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

North side of Jewel Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Jewel Avenue

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

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
    630 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
    690 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 parks
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 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
    620 feet
  2. Ivy United USA Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,050 feet
  3. Metropolitan Learning Institute Trade or language school
    1,060 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. MacDonald Park
    840 feet
  2. Charlotte's Way - South Jamaica II Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    1,060 feet
  3. Yellowstone Park
    1,230 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Forest Hills Library
    940 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Forest Hills Jewish Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,080 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Forest Hills Post Office Listed historic place
    1,100 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    980 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,150 feet
  3. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    970 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    1,000 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,030 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,200 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 places to eat and seven food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 108th Street or Jewel 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.