31st Avenue & 23rd Street

The four-way crossing of 31st Avenue and 23rd Street is in Old Astoria-Hallets Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Albert Shanker School for Visual and Performing Arts is 670 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 21 St/31 Av, is 480 feet away for the Q69, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and six places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along 31st Avenue.

Safety record
3 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Queensboro Bridge
1.4 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
480 feet
21 St/31 Av · Q69
Within a walk
14 places
7 religious buildings, 2 post offices and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
31st Avenue & 23rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 21 St/31 Av, 480 feet away, for the Q69.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 12 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 23 St & 31 Ave 19 docks in all
    40 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
    0.4 miles
  2. 23-11 30th Road Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 32-16 36th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported seven 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 foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2024.

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
14 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 176 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

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

East side of 23rd Street

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

West side of 23rd Street

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

North side of 31st Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 31st Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 418506.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 2 post offices
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 older adult center
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Blue Apple Early Childhood Learning Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    130 feet
  2. Albert Shanker School for Visual and Performing Arts School
    670 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Astoria Health Playground
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Astoria Baptist Church House of worship
    430 feet
  2. Astoria Methodist Church House of worship
    940 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Broadway Long Island Post Office
    800 feet
  2. Older adult center at 21-21 30th Drive Older adult center
    880 feet
  3. Astoria Post Office
    1,130 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 262 Fire station
    560 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,040 feet

Supermarkets

  1. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    910 feet
  2. Trade Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 23rd 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.