31st Avenue & 46th Street

The four-way crossing of 31st Avenue and 46th Street is in Astoria (East)-Woodside (North), Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. I.S. 010 Horace Greeley is 260 feet away. The nearest subway, 46 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the M and R. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, four of them religious buildings, and 16 places to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1928 and 1950, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
7 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
46 St
1,020 feet · 4 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
1,320 feet
Broadway/48 St · Q104
Within a walk
9 places
4 religious buildings, 2 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
31st Avenue & 46th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 46 St, 1,020 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 46 St M, R
    1,020 feet
    M R

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/48 St, 1,320 feet away, for the Q104.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/48 St Q104
    1,320 feet
    Q104

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q104 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 11 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Newton Rd & 44 St 19 docks in all
    700 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
    690 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 eight crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

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
66 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,700 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 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Norway maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 6 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

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

North side of 31st Avenue

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

South side of 31st Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 416824.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. I.S. 010 Horace Greeley School
    260 feet
  2. William Cullen Bryant High School
    900 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Astoria Heights Playground
    280 feet
  2. Corporal Frank F. Fagan Sq. Park
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Grand Post Office
    1,090 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Plaza 48 Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and three 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 46th 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, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.