31st Avenue & 74th Street

The four-way crossing of 31st Avenue and 74th Street is in Jackson Heights, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Lexington School for the Deaf is 1,100 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 74 St/31 Av, is 30 feet away for the Q47, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them schools, and seven places to eat.

Safety record
13 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
0.4 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
74 St/31 Av · Q47
Within a walk
5 places
2 schools, 1 day care or pre-K site and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
31st Avenue & 74th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 74 St/31 Av, 30 feet away, for the Q47.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 74 St/31 Av Q47
    30 feet
    Q47

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q47 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 31st Avenue and 74th Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 72 St & 31 Ave 21 docks in all
    560 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. 74-15 Northern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers and one fast charger
    0.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 13 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, August 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11370
Community board
Queens Community Board 3
City Council district
25
Police precinct
115
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Jackson Heights
Elevation
22 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Posted limits from 20 to 25 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1955 and 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 47 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2020 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 31st Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of 31st Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of 74th Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 74th Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 post office
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. A Child's Place Too Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    300 feet
  2. Monsignor McClancy Memorial HS School
    600 feet
  3. Lexington School for the Deaf School
    1,100 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Trainsmeadow Post Office
    1,110 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    880 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Farm Country Supermarket
    970 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    440 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Jackson Heights Shopping Center Shopping center
    320 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and two food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk 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 74th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.