31st Avenue & 43rd Street

The six-way junction of 31st Avenue and 43rd Street is in Astoria (East)-Woodside (North), Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 25 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Astoria Heights Playground is 1,060 feet away. The nearest subway, 46 St, is about five minutes on foot, for the M and R. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 40 places to eat. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
12 hurt
25 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
46 St
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
840 feet
Steinway St/31 Av · Q101
Within a walk
11 places
5 religious buildings, 2 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
31st Avenue & 43rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 46 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 46 St M, R
    0.3 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. Steinway St M, R
    0.4 miles
    M R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Steinway St/31 Av, 840 feet away, for the Q101.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Steinway St/31 Av Q101
    840 feet
    Q101

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q101 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 31st Avenue and 43rd Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Newton Rd & 44 St 19 docks in all
    290 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway southbound at 46th Street & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 43-02 31st Avenue Gas station
    210 feet
  2. 31-30 Steinway Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1,060 feet
  3. 34-54 44th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 25 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 12 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11103
Community board
Queens Community Board 1
City Council district
22
Police precinct
114
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Astoria (East)-Woodside (North)
Elevation
64 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 67 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the silver linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 54 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2017 and September 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 31st Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 31st Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of 43rd Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 43rd Street

  • No parking 16 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of Newtown Road

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Newtown Road

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 070 School
    750 feet
  2. I.S. 010 Horace Greeley School
    810 feet
  3. Diki Daycare Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,090 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Astoria Heights Playground
    1,060 feet
  2. Sean's Place Park
    1,130 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Joseph RC Church Astoria House of worship
    1,260 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Steinway Post Office
    1,090 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    990 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Farm Country Supermarket
    1,140 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    1,210 feet
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    780 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 40 places to eat and 14 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 31st Avenue, 43rd Street or Newtown Road.

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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.