31st Avenue & 47th Street

The four-way crossing of 31st Avenue and 47th Street is in Astoria (East)-Woodside (North), Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. P.S. 151 Mary D. Carter is 1,070 feet away, and Strippoli Square is 1,240 feet away. The nearest subway, 46 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the M and R. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 12 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
46 St
1,120 feet · 4 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
1,140 feet
30 Av/47 St · Q18
Within a walk
12 places
4 religious buildings, 3 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
31st Avenue & 47th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 46 St, 1,120 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 46 St M, R
    1,120 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 30 Av/47 St, 1,140 feet away, for the Q18.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 30 Av/47 St Q18 · Shelter
    1,140 feet
    Q18
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q18 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 10 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 49 St & 31 Ave 19 docks in all
    550 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at 32nd Avenue, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 43-02 31st Avenue Gas station
    940 feet
  2. 31-30 Steinway Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.4 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 nine crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2024.

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
57 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 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 1955.

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Norway maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

South side of 31st Avenue

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

East side of 47th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

West side of 47th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 416824.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. I.S. 010 Horace Greeley School
    520 feet
  2. William Cullen Bryant High School
    640 feet
  3. P.S. 151 Mary D. Carter School
    1,070 feet
Show all 4
  1. MI Nuevo Mundo Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Astoria Heights Playground
    540 feet
  2. Corporal Frank F. Fagan Sq. Park
    1,130 feet
  3. Strippoli Square
    1,240 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Grand Post Office
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trade Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. H Mart Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

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

Shopping centers

  1. Plaza 48 Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and seven 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 31st Avenue or 47th 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, NYCHA, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.