31st Avenue & 94th Street

The four-way crossing of 31st Avenue and 94th Street is in East Elmhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 22 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Veterans Plaza is 580 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 94 St/31 Av, is 60 feet away for the Q72, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, four of them religious buildings, and 19 places to eat.

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31st Avenue & 94th Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 94 St/31 Av, 60 feet away, for the Q72.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 94 St/31 Av Q72
    60 feet
    Q72

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q72 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 31st Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 30 Ave & 96 St 21 docks in all
    690 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway eastbound at 94th Street & Grand Central Parkway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 92-10 Astoria Boulevard Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 82-20 Astoria Boulevard Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. LaGuardia Airport Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 22 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 15 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 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
11369
Community board
Queens Community Board 3
City Council district
21
Police precinct
115
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Elmhurst
Elevation
45 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 65 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 19 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

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

North side of 31st Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of 31st Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of 94th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 94th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 library
  • 1 park
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Excel Career Training School Trade or language school
    840 feet
  2. I.S. 227 Louis Armstrong School
    940 feet
  3. East Elmhurst Community School
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Veterans Plaza
    580 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. East Elmhurst Library
    1,060 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Gabriels Church House of worship
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trade Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,190 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and nine 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 nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

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 and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.