31st Avenue & 36th Street

The four-way crossing of 31st Avenue and 36th Street is in Astoria (Central), Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Urban Dove Team Charter School III is 440 feet away. The nearest subway, Steinway St, is about eight minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 63 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along one of the streets meeting here.

Safety record
8 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Steinway St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
800 feet
Steinway St/31 Av · Q101
Within a walk
8 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 religious buildings and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
31st Avenue & 36th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Steinway St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Steinway St M, R
    0.4 miles
    M R

Next trains at this station

Outbound
2 lines
  1. M …
  2. R …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. M …
  2. R …

Also within a walk

  1. Broadway N, W
    0.4 miles
    N W
  2. 30 Av N, W
    0.4 miles
    N W

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Steinway St/31 Av, 800 feet away, for the Q101.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Steinway St/31 Av Q101 · Shelter · Countdown sign
    800 feet
    Q101
    Shelter · Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q101 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 31st Avenue and 36th Street.

  • 45 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 & 34 St 23 docks in all
    480 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. 40-08 30th Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 30-10 35th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1,300 feet
  3. 32-16 36th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 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
52 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1922 and 1929.

Since 2014 at least 19 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 44 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2016 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 31st Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of 31st Avenue

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of 36th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 36th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 14 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 415818 and 426698.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, the Landmarks Preservation Commission has designated one street clock.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 park
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Urban Dove Team Charter School III School
    440 feet
  2. Adventureland Child Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,000 feet
  3. Diki Daycare Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,090 feet
Show all 4
  1. Diki Discovery Center Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,090 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sean's Place Park
    760 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Trinity Lutheran Church of Astoria and Long Island City Listed historic place
    220 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    990 feet
  2. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    1,180 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Farm Country Supermarket
    450 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    850 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,220 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 63 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 31st Avenue or 36th Street.

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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.