31st Avenue & 45th Street

The four-way crossing of 31st Avenue and 45th Street is in Astoria (East)-Woodside (North), Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Astoria Heights Playground is 540 feet away, and Grand Post Office is 1,070 feet away. The nearest subway, 46 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the M and R. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 21 places to eat.

Safety record
12 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
46 St
1,160 feet · 4 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
1,230 feet
Broadway/44 St · Q104
Within a walk
11 places
4 religious buildings, 3 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
31st Avenue & 45th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 46 St, 1,160 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 46 St M, R
    1,160 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
    0.5 miles
    M R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/44 St, 1,230 feet away, for the Q104.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/44 St Q104
    1,230 feet
    Q104

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q104 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on 31st Avenue.

  • 3 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
    430 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway southbound at 46th Street & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 43-02 31st Avenue Gas station
    430 feet
  2. 31-30 Steinway Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 45-02 Northern Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 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
70 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 1928 and 1940.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Norway maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 7 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2016 and March 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 31st Avenue

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of 45th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 45th Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. I.S. 010 Horace Greeley School
    290 feet
  2. William Cullen Bryant High School
    1,160 feet
  3. P.S. 070 School
    1,280 feet
Show all 5
  1. Creche Les Etoiles Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,310 feet
  2. Les Petites Etoiles Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Astoria Heights Playground
    540 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Grand Post Office
    1,070 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,300 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 places to eat and six 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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 31st Avenue or 45th 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.