31st Avenue & 50th Street

The three-way junction of 31st Avenue and 50th Street is in Astoria (East)-Woodside (North), Queens, at the edge of NYCHA's Woodside development. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Woodside Houses Park is 1,080 feet away, and I.S. 010 Horace Greeley is 1,310 feet away. The nearest subway, 46 St, is about six minutes on foot, for the M and R. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, four of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
46 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
570 feet
54 St/31 Av · Q18
Within a walk
12 places
4 religious buildings, 3 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
31st Avenue & 50th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 46 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 46 St M, R
    0.3 miles
    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, 570 feet away, for the Q18.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q18 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 31st Avenue.

  • 23 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
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at 32nd Avenue, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 43-02 31st Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 57-02 Northern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11377
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
45 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1941 and 1949.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 25 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2016 and April 2017, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 31st Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of 50th Street

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

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 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 151 Mary D. Carter School
    280 feet
  2. MI Nuevo Mundo Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    430 feet
  3. William Cullen Bryant High School
    610 feet
Show all 4
  1. I.S. 010 Horace Greeley School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Strippoli Square
    450 feet
  2. Woodside Houses Park
    1,080 feet
  3. The Community Pride - Woodside Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    1,090 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Woodside Community Center
    1,180 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trade Fair Supermarket
    1,210 feet
  2. H Mart Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven 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 50th 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.