140th Street & 31st Road

The three-way junction of 140th Street and 31st Road is in Flushing-Willets Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Colden Playground is 430 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 31 Rd/138 St, is 520 feet away for the Q61, QM2 and QM20, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and four places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Whitestone Expressway
0.3 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
520 feet
31 Rd/138 St · Q61, QM2, QM20
Within a walk
9 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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140th Street & 31st Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 31 Rd/138 St, 520 feet away, for the Q61, QM2 and QM20.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 31 Rd/138 St Q61, QM2, QM20
    520 feet
    Q61 QM2 QM20

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q61 …
  2. QM2 …
  3. QM20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 14 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Whitestone Expressway northbound, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 137-17 Northern Boulevard Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 144-20 41st Avenue Charging for electric cars, 39 Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, April 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11354
Community board
Queens Community Board 7
City Council district
20
Police precinct
109
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flushing-Willets Point
Elevation
14 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,600 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 1952 and 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2024 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 140th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of 140th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 31st Road

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 library
  • 1 playground
  • 1 post office
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 214 Cadwallader Colden School
    330 feet
  2. Health Force Solutions Trade or language school
    910 feet
  3. Ready, Set, Grow! Child Care Center, L.L.C Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,020 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. 242 Leonard P. Stavisky Early Childhood School Pre-K
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Colden Playground
    430 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Mitchell-Linden Library
    1,210 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Linden Hill Post Office
    500 feet

Supermarkets

  1. H Mart Supermarket
    1,060 feet
  2. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and one food store.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 140th Street or 31st Road.

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