31st Avenue & 44th Street

The four-way crossing of 31st Avenue and 44th Street is in Astoria (East)-Woodside (North), Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. I.S. 010 Horace Greeley is 550 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, four of them religious buildings, and 26 places to eat. About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
46 St
1,310 feet · 5 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
1,010 feet
Broadway/44 St · Q104
Within a walk
11 places
4 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
31st Avenue & 44th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 46 St, 1,310 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 46 St M, R
    1,310 feet
    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 Broadway/44 St, 1,010 feet away, for the Q104.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/44 St Q104
    1,010 feet
    Q104

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q104 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 31st Avenue and 44th Street.

  • 9 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
    170 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
    at this corner
  2. 31-30 Steinway Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1,320 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 11 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 a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 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
68 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,800 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 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 21 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

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

North side of 31st Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 31st Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of 44th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of 44th Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 post offices
  • 2 schools
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. I.S. 010 Horace Greeley School
    550 feet
  2. P.S. 070 School
    1,010 feet
  3. Creche Les Etoiles Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,160 feet
Show all 4
  1. Les Petites Etoiles Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Astoria Heights Playground
    800 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Joseph RC Church Astoria House of worship
    1,290 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Steinway Post Office
    1,220 feet
  2. Grand Post Office
    1,260 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Farm Country Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,040 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 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 of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 31st Avenue or 44th 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 Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.