20th Avenue & 31st Street

The four-way crossing of 20th Avenue and 31st Street is in Astoria (North)-Ditmars-Steinway, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Queens Lutheran School is 1,140 feet away. The nearest subway, Astoria-Ditmars Blvd, is about nine minutes on foot, for the N and W. Within a five-minute walk are four public places and two places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along 20th Avenue.

Safety record
3 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Astoria-Ditmars Blvd
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · N, W
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
20 Av/31 St · Q100
Within a walk
4 places
1 day care or pre-K site, 1 playground and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
20th Avenue & 31st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Astoria-Ditmars Blvd, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Astoria-Ditmars Blvd N, W
    0.4 miles
    N W

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. N …
  2. W …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Urban Idyll” (2019) by Elisabeth Condon at the Astoria-Ditmars Blvd station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 20 Av/31 St, 100 feet away, for the Q100.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 20 Av/31 St Q100
    100 feet
    Q100

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q100 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 20th Avenue.

  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 20 Ave & 31 St 21 docks in all
    150 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway southbound at 46th Street & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 31-02 20th Avenue Gas station
    at this corner
  2. 30-10 35th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1.5 miles
  3. LaGuardia Airport Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11105
Community board
Queens Community Board 1
City Council district
22
Police precinct
114
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Astoria (North)-Ditmars-Steinway
Elevation
22 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1926 and 1940.

Trees

Sixteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 12 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2016 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of 20th Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-5PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of 31st Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 31st Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church of Long Island City Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,070 feet
  2. Queens Lutheran School
    1,140 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Woodtree Playground
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    1,210 feet
  2. Lidl Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles
  2. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and four 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 20th Avenue or 31st 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.