Park Avenue & East 108th Street

Park Avenue and East 108th Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Harlem (South), Manhattan, at the edge of NYCHA's Lehman Village development. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. P.S. 108 Assemblyman Angelo del Toro Educational Complex is 490 feet away, and Villa Santurce is 860 feet away. The nearest subway, 110 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 41 public places, 13 of them schools, and 29 places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
110 St
1,000 feet · 4 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
650 feet
Madison Av/E 107 St · M1, M2, M3, M4
Within a walk
41 places
13 schools, 7 gardens and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Park Avenue & East 108th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 110 St, 1,000 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. 110 St 6
    1,000 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 103 St 6
    0.4 miles
    6
  2. 116 St 6
    0.5 miles
    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 Madison Av/E 107 St, 650 feet away, for the M1, M2, M3 and M4.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Madison Av/E 107 St M1, M2, M3, M4 · Shelter
    650 feet
    M1 M2 M3 M4
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M1 …
  2. M2 …
  3. M3 …
  4. M4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 106 St & Madison Ave 25 docks in all
    1,050 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1599 Lexington Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1425 Madison Avenue Charging for electric cars, 32 Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2015

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
11 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Lehman Village development.

Since 2014 at least 421 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 47 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2014 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 108th Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING IN TUNNEL W/ 5 O'CLOCK ARROW
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of East 108th Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING IN TUNNEL W/ 7 O'CLOCK ARROW
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of Park Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Park Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and five buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Romanesque Revival. They were mostly built between 1883 and 1887.

  1. Regina Angelorum Designated landmark
    660 feet
  2. Public School 72 Designated landmark
    820 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 41 public places.

  • 13 schools
  • 7 gardens
  • 5 playgrounds
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Northside Ctr-Child Development Day School
    250 feet
  2. P.S. 108 Assemblyman Angelo del Toro Educational Complex School
    490 feet
  3. Edward A. Reynolds West Side High School
    610 feet
Show all 16
  1. Agile Learning Center School
    720 feet
  2. Cristo Rey High School
    760 feet
  3. Urban Concepts of New York Round-The-Clock Nursery Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    780 feet
  4. Central Park East High School
    980 feet
  5. Central Park East I School
    980 feet
  6. East Harlem Scholars Academy Charter School II School
    980 feet
  7. Harlen Chldrn Zone Academy II Es School
    1,070 feet
  8. Heritage School, The School
    1,130 feet
  9. Mosaic Preparatory Academy School
    1,150 feet
  10. Success Academy-Harlem East School
    1,150 feet
  11. Union Settlement Association Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,170 feet
  12. Harbor Science and Arts Charter School
    1,240 feet
  13. Friends and Family Day Care Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Peter Minuit Playground
    90 feet
  2. Villa Santruce Garden
    860 feet
  3. Villa Santurce Garden
    860 feet
Show all 13
  1. Mae Grant Playground
    980 feet
  2. Pa'lante Community Garden
    1,020 feet
  3. Pueblo Unido Garden
    1,050 feet
  4. Central Park Listed historic place
    1,070 feet
  5. Poor Richard's Playground
    1,080 feet
  6. Bernard Family Playground
    1,080 feet
  7. Mission Garden
    1,100 feet
  8. Diversity Edible Farm Garden
    1,160 feet
  9. White Playground
    1,170 feet
  10. Family Community Garden Manhattan Garden
    1,260 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Sendero Verde Public space
    1,070 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. St. Cecilia's Church and Convent Listed historic place
    890 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Church of the Good Neighbor House of worship
    610 feet
  2. St Cecilia Catholic Church Landmark
    730 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Lehman Community Center
    510 feet
  2. Older adult center at Lehman Village Older adult center
    660 feet
  3. Clinton Community Center
    730 feet
Show all 5
  1. Older adult center at 1641 Madison Avenue Older adult center
    790 feet
  2. Hellgate Post Office
    1,120 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,240 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    1,250 feet
  3. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 places to eat and 24 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 108th Street or Park 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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.