31st Avenue & 49th Street

The four-way crossing of 31st Avenue and 49th Street is in Astoria (East)-Woodside (North), Queens, at the edge of NYCHA's Woodside development. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. William Cullen Bryant High School is 340 feet away, and Corporal Frank F. Fagan Sq. is 1,260 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 12 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
46 St
1,250 feet · 5 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
830 feet
54 St/31 Av · Q18
Within a walk
11 places
4 religious buildings, 3 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
31st Avenue & 49th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 46 St, 1,250 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 46 St M, R
    1,250 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. Northern Blvd M, R
    0.4 miles
    M R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 54 St/31 Av, 830 feet away, for the Q18.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 54 St/31 Av Q18
    830 feet
    Q18

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q18 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 31st Avenue.

  • 18 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at 32nd Avenue, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 43-02 31st Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 31-30 Steinway Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 57-02 Northern Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    0.6 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.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot

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 and 26 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
114
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Astoria (East)-Woodside (North)
Elevation
47 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1940 and 1949.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Woodside development.

Trees

NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 14 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

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

South side of 31st Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of 49th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

West side of 49th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-5PM

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 parks
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. William Cullen Bryant High School
    340 feet
  2. P.S. 151 Mary D. Carter School
    550 feet
  3. MI Nuevo Mundo Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    700 feet
Show all 4
  1. I.S. 010 Horace Greeley School
    1,040 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Strippoli Square
    720 feet
  2. Astoria Heights Playground
    1,060 feet
  3. Corporal Frank F. Fagan Sq. Park
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trade Fair Supermarket
    1,250 feet
  2. H Mart Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and eight 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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 31st Avenue or 49th 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 and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.