31st Avenue & 95th Street

The four-way crossing of 31st Avenue and 95th Street is in East Elmhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. East Elmhurst Community School is 900 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 94 St/31 Av, is 310 feet away for the Q72, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 18 places to eat.

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31st Avenue & 95th Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 94 St/31 Av, 310 feet away, for the Q72.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q72 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 31st Avenue.

  • 10 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
    390 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. 101-08 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
    1.1 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 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
21
Police precinct
115
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Elmhurst
Elevation
43 feet above sea level

The streets

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

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 67 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2020 and October 2020, 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 95th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 95th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 2 parks
  • 2 schools
  • 1 library
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. East Elmhurst Community School
    900 feet
  2. Excel Career Training School Trade or language school
    1,030 feet
  3. I.S. 227 Louis Armstrong School
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Veterans Plaza
    800 feet
  2. Trolley Car Triangle
    1,030 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. East Elmhurst Library
    760 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Gabriels Church House of worship
    1,000 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trade Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 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.