31st Avenue & 86th Street

The four-way crossing of 31st Avenue and 86th Street is in Jackson Heights, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Congregation Tifereth Israel of Jackson Heights is 720 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 89 St/32 Av, is 1,310 feet away for the Q49, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and five places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Grand Central Parkway
0.7 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
1,310 feet
89 St/32 Av · Q49
Within a walk
7 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 2 religious buildings and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
31st Avenue & 86th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 89 St/32 Av, 1,310 feet away, for the Q49.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 89 St/32 Av Q49
    1,310 feet
    Q49

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q49 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 31st Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 31 Ave & 86 St 15 docks in all
    40 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway eastbound at Astoria Boulevard North & Grand Central Parkway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 89-08 Astoria Boulevard Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 82-20 Astoria Boulevard Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 74-15 Northern Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11369
Community board
Queens Community Board 3
City Council district
25
Police precinct
115
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Jackson Heights
Elevation
63 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,100 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 1928 and 1940.

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 26 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2020 and February 2024, 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 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of 86th Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of 86th Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Atonement Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    310 feet
  2. Jackson Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    680 feet
  3. Jackson Developmental Cntr Annex School
    780 feet
Show all 4
  1. Jackson Developmental Center E. Elmh Preschool
    840 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Gorman Playground
    1,040 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Congregation Tifereth Israel of Jackson Heights House of worship
    720 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Jackson Heights Shopping Center Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, 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 86th 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.