31st Avenue & 14th Street

The four-way crossing of 31st Avenue and 14th Street is in Old Astoria-Hallets Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Ideal Islamic School is 830 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 21 St/31 Av, is 670 feet away for the Q69, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along 31st Avenue.

Safety record
4 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Queensboro Bridge
1.4 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
670 feet
21 St/31 Av · Q69
Within a walk
16 places
7 religious buildings, 3 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
31st Avenue & 14th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 21 St/31 Av, 670 feet away, for the Q69.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 21 St/31 Av Q69 · Shelter
    670 feet
    Q69
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 31st Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 31 Ave & 14 St 19 docks in all
    70 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 five crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 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
8 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 87 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the green ash.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2019 and September 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 14th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM

West side of 14th Street

  • Farmers market 2 signs FARMERS MARKET ONLY JULY 1 - DEC 31 WEDNESDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of 31st Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 31st Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY NYC DEPT OF HEALTH & MENTAL HYGIENE MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 beach
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Ideal Islamic School
    830 feet
  2. Albert Shanker School for Visual and Performing Arts School
    1,230 feet
  3. Blue Apple Early Childhood Learning Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,250 feet
Show all 4
  1. Long Island City High School
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Astoria Health Playground
    190 feet
  2. Socrates Sculpture Park
    1,040 feet
  3. Halletts Cove Beach
    1,150 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Sohmer Piano Factory Listed historic place
    1,030 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Astoria Baptist Church House of worship
    890 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 262 Fire station
    950 feet

Supermarkets

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

Other stores

  1. Costco Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and seven food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and 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 14th Street or 31st Avenue.

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