12th Street & 31st Drive

The four-way crossing of 12th Street and 31st Drive is in Old Astoria-Hallets Point, Queens, and is also named Ali Pasha Sabanagic Street by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Ideal Islamic School is 120 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Broadway/11 St, is 660 feet away for the Q104, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, five of them religious buildings, and six places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Queensboro Bridge
1.4 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
660 feet
Broadway/11 St · Q104
Within a walk
11 places
5 religious buildings, 2 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
12th Street & 31st Drive Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/11 St, 660 feet away, for the Q104.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/11 St Q104 · Shelter
    660 feet
    Q104
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q104 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 9 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Broadway & 12 St 31 docks in all
    450 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at 21st Street & Ed Koch Bridge Upper Roadway, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 32-05 21st Street Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 26-19 2nd Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 32-16 36th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 5 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 November 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11106
Community board
Queens Community Board 1
City Council district
22
Police precinct
114
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Old Astoria-Hallets Point
Elevation
12 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Ali Pasha Sabanagic Street, a co-naming enacted on January 17, 2026 (Local Law 48 of 2026).

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 92 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 24 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the thornless honeylocust and the common hackberry.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Ali Pasha Sabanagic Street.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2019 and April 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 12th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-5PM

West side of 12th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of 31st Drive

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of 31st Drive

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as German Romanesque Revival and Mid-20th Century Modern, one each, and built between 1886 and 1958.

  1. Sohmer & Company Piano Factory Designated landmark
    500 feet
  2. Barkin, Levin & Company Office Pavilion Designated landmark
    750 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 beach
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 public space

Schools and child care

  1. Ideal Islamic School
    120 feet
  2. Long Island City High School
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Socrates Sculpture Park
    580 feet
  2. Astoria Health Playground
    710 feet
  3. Halletts Cove Beach
    800 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Costco Public space
    870 feet

Supermarkets

  1. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Trade Fair Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Costco Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 12th Street or 31st Drive.

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