31st Avenue & 29th Street

The four-way crossing of 31st Avenue and 29th Street is in Astoria (Central), Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Taiwan Union Christian Church is 870 feet away, and Athens Square is 1,130 feet away. The nearest subway, Broadway, is about six minutes on foot, for the N and W. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 26 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along 31st Avenue.

Safety record
6 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Broadway
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · N, W
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
30 Av/31 St · Q18
Within a walk
16 places
6 religious buildings, 5 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
31st Avenue & 29th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Broadway, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Broadway N, W
    0.3 miles
    N W

Next trains at this station

Astoria
2 lines
  1. N …
  2. W …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. N …
  2. W …

Also within a walk

  1. 30 Av N, W
    0.3 miles
    N W

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Outlook” (2018) by Diane Carr at the Broadway station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 30 Av/31 St, 0.3 miles away, for the Q18.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 30 Av/31 St Q18 · Shelter · Countdown sign
    0.3 miles
    Q18
    Shelter · Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q18 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 21 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 7 of them on-street corrals
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 31 Ave & 30 St 21 docks in all
    320 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway southbound at 46th Street & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 32-05 21st Street Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 23-11 30th Road Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.4 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 five crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 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)
Astoria (Central)
Elevation
35 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,900 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 1926 and 1965.

Since 2014 at least 34 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 67 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 37 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2024 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 29th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of 29th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Loading only 2 signs LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

North side of 31st Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of 31st Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 416842 and 426447.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Hellenic Orthodox Community Saint Demetrios School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    700 feet
  2. St Demetrios Greek American School
    760 feet
  3. Adventureland Child Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    830 feet
Show all 9
  1. Academy for New Americans School
    940 feet
  2. P.S. 234 School
    940 feet
  3. TLE Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,090 feet
  4. Blue Apple Early Childhood Learning Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,270 feet
  5. P.S. 017 Henry David Thoreau School
    1,300 feet
  6. The 30th Avenue School (G&t Citywide) School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Athens Square Playground
    1,130 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Holy Cross Ukrainian Church House of worship
    240 feet
  2. Taiwan Union Christian Church House of worship
    870 feet
  3. Astoria Methodist Church House of worship
    1,160 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Emporium Supermarket
    1,140 feet
  2. Trade Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 places to eat and nine food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 29th 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.