1st Avenue & East 108th Street

The three-way junction of 1st Avenue and East 108th Street is in East Harlem (South), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 22 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Humacao Community Garden is 190 feet away, and Thomas Jefferson Recreation Center is 1,160 feet away. The nearest subway, 110 St, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 20 places to eat. Along 1st Avenue run a bus lane, all day, and a bike lane separated from traffic.

Safety record
9 hurt
22 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
110 St
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
350 feet
1 Av/E 109 St · M15
Within a walk
19 places
5 religious buildings, 3 parks and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
1st Avenue & East 108th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 110 St, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. 110 St 6
    0.5 miles
    6

Next trains at this station

The Bronx
1 line
  1. 6 …
Downtown
1 line
  1. 6 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Sábado en la Ciento Diez (Saturday on 110th Street)” (1996) by Manuel Vega at the 110 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 1 Av/E 109 St, 350 feet away, for the M15.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 1 Av/E 109 St M15
    350 feet
    M15

Next buses at this stop

  1. M15 …

Live arrivals

A bus lane runs along 1st Avenue, all day, every day.

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 1st Avenue.

  • 16 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 1 Ave & E 110 St 25 docks in all
    590 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at East 116th Street & FDR Drive, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2278 1st Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 215 East 96th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 22 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2015
  • Turn calming, February 2023

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10029
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 11
City Council district
8
Police precinct
23
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Harlem (South)
Elevation
8 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 4,100 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 1960 and 1974.

Trees

NYC Parks records 40 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 23 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2019 and August 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of 1st Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of East 108th Street

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

South side of East 108th Street

  • Back-in parking only 6 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 parks
  • 3 schools
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Dawning Village Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    40 feet
  2. P.S. 146 Ann M. Short School
    590 feet
  3. Reece School
    940 feet
Show all 4
  1. Northside Headstart Center School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Humacao Community Garden
    190 feet
  2. Neighbors of Vega Baja Garden
    590 feet
  3. East River Playground
    650 feet
Show all 7
  1. Poor Richard's Playground
    800 feet
  2. Thomas Jefferson Park
    860 feet
  3. Pier 107 CVII Park
    1,040 feet
  4. East River Esplanade Park
    1,050 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Macedonia Gods Pentecostal Church House of worship
    780 feet
  2. St Anns RC Church House of worship
    1,030 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 312 East 109th Street Older adult center
    850 feet
  2. Thomas Jefferson Recreation Center
    1,160 feet
  3. East River Community Center
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and 18 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:

See every intersection along 1st Avenue or East 108th Street.

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