31st Avenue & 56th Street

The three-way junction of 31st Avenue and 56th Street is in Astoria (East)-Woodside (North), Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Strippoli Square is 550 feet away. The nearest subway, Northern Blvd, is about seven minutes on foot, for the M and R. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them schools, and two places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1935 and 1941, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Northern Blvd
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
490 feet
54 St/31 Av · Q18
Within a walk
6 places
2 schools, 1 community center and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
31st Avenue & 56th 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 seven 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
    0.5 miles
    M R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 54 St/31 Av, 490 feet away, for the Q18.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q18 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 31st Avenue.

  • 15 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 31 Ave & 57 St 23 docks in all
    250 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at 32nd Avenue, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 31-02 68th Street Gas station
    0.3 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 one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11377
Community board
Queens Community Board 1
City Council district
22 and 25 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
114
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Astoria (East)-Woodside (North)
Elevation
56 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, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1935 and 1941.

Since 2014 at least 2 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 26 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Autumn Blaze' red maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 8 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in June 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of 31st Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No stopping 3 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. MI Nuevo Mundo Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    660 feet
  2. P.S. 151 Mary D. Carter School
    1,000 feet
  3. Academy of the City Charter School
    1,090 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Strippoli Square
    550 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Tibetan Community Center
    900 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trade Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and five 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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 31st Avenue or 56th 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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.