174th Street & 108th Avenue

The three-way junction of 174th Street and 108th Avenue is in South Jamaica, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Detective Keith L Williams Park is 950 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Rex Rd/Fern Pl, is 430 feet away for the Q42, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them religious buildings.

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174th Street & 108th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Rex Rd/Fern Pl, 430 feet away, for the Q42.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rex Rd/Fern Pl Q42
    430 feet
    Q42

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q42 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway eastbound, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 108-46 Merrick Boulevard Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 92-23 168th Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 134-40 Springfield Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2022.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11433
Community board
Queens Community Board 12
City Council district
27
Police precinct
103
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
South Jamaica
Elevation
39 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 600 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 1955.

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Harvest Gold' Mongolian linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 3 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2020 and August 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of 108th Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 174th Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 garden
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 recreation center
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S./I.S. 116 William C. Hughley School
    480 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Trees of Life Organic Garden
    930 feet
  2. Detective Keith L Williams Park
    950 feet
  3. 173rd St Playground
    1,020 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Detective Keith L Williams Field House Recreation center
    1,050 feet
  2. Liberty Pool Swimming pool
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

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