31st Avenue & 89th Street

The four-way crossing of 31st Avenue and 89th Street is in Jackson Heights, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Playground Ninety is 1,130 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 89 St/32 Av, is 530 feet away for the Q49, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and eight places to eat.

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

Map

Layers
31st Avenue & 89th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 89 St/32 Av, 530 feet away, for the Q49.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 89 St/32 Av Q49
    530 feet
    Q49

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q49 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 31st Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 91 St & 31 Ave 21 docks in all
    550 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway eastbound at Astoria Boulevard North & Grand Central Parkway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2017

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
51 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, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1929 and 1940.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 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
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2019 and November 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 31st Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of 31st Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of 89th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 89th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Jackson Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    100 feet
  2. Jackson Developmental Cntr Annex School
    160 feet
  3. Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Atonement Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    470 feet
Show all 5
  1. Jackson Developmental Center E. Elmh Preschool
    730 feet
  2. P.S. 148 Queens School
    860 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Playground Ninety Playground
    1,130 feet
  2. One Room Schoolhouse Park
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

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

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and five 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 89th 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.