160th Street & 108th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 160th Street and 108th Avenue is in South Jamaica, Queens, at the edge of NYCHA's South Jamaica II development. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. South Jamaica Community Center is 830 feet away, and Jamaica Children's School is 1,300 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Guy R Brewer Blvd/109 Av, is 1,280 feet away for the Q111, Q113, Q114 and Q115. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and five places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Van Wyck Expressway
1.3 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
1,280 feet
Guy R Brewer Blvd/109 Av · Q111, Q113, Q114, Q115
Within a walk
18 places
10 religious buildings, 2 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
160th Street & 108th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Guy R Brewer Blvd/109 Av, 1,280 feet away, for the Q111, Q113, Q114 and Q115.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Guy R Brewer Blvd/109 Av Q111, Q113, Q114, Q115
    1,280 feet
    Q111 Q113 Q114 Q115

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q111 …
  2. Q113 …
  3. Q114 …
  4. Q115 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 160th Street.

  • 13 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway northbound, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 108-46 Merrick Boulevard Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 92-19 Guy R Brewer Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 60 Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 134-40 Springfield Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11433
Community board
Queens Community Board 12
City Council district
28
Police precinct
103
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
South Jamaica
Elevation
33 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1940 and 1942.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's South Jamaica II development.

Trees

NYC Parks records 21 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2015 and July 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 108th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of 108th Avenue

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

East side of 160th Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 160th Street

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Afro-American Parents Educational Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    400 feet
  2. Jamaica Children's School
    1,300 feet
  3. P.S. 040 Samuel Huntington School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Marconi Park
    760 feet
  2. Jamaica Playground
    780 feet
  3. Discovery Community Garden 2 Garden
    1,010 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. South Jamaica Library
    1,180 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. South Jamaica Community Center
    830 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,230 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 108th Avenue or 160th Street.

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