31st Avenue & 51st Street

The four-way crossing of 31st Avenue and 51st Street is in Astoria (East)-Woodside (North), Queens, at the edge of NYCHA's Woodside development. Between 2021 and 2025, 19 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Strippoli Square is 50 feet away. The nearest subway, Northern Blvd, is about six minutes on foot, for the M and R. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them religious buildings, and three places to eat.

Safety record
15 hurt
19 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Northern Blvd
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
54 St/31 Av · Q18
Within a walk
7 places
2 religious buildings, 2 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
31st Avenue & 51st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 54 St/31 Av, 170 feet away, for the Q18.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q18 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 31st Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 51 St & Hobart St 22 docks in all
    280 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at 32nd Avenue, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 50-92 Northern Boulevard Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 57-02 Northern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 19 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 15 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 9 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 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
11377
Community board
Queens Community Board 1
City Council district
22 and 25 and 26 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
114
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Astoria (East)-Woodside (North)
Elevation
44 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,700 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 1935 and 1949.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 37 signs on these blocks
  • 16 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2016 and August 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 31st Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 31st Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of 51st Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 51st Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 411586, 419004, 425072 and 426188.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. MI Nuevo Mundo Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    30 feet
  2. P.S. 151 Mary D. Carter School
    370 feet
  3. William Cullen Bryant High School
    1,010 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Strippoli Square
    50 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Woodside Community Center
    1,170 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trade Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three 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 nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 31st Avenue or 51st 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.