31st Avenue & 98th Street

The four-way crossing of 31st Avenue and 98th Street is in East Elmhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. St Gabriels Church is 330 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Astoria Blvd/98 St, is 530 feet away for the Q19 and Q49, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and eight places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Grand Central Parkway
0.9 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
530 feet
Astoria Blvd/98 St · Q19, Q49
Within a walk
15 places
7 religious buildings, 2 parks and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
31st Avenue & 98th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Astoria Blvd/98 St, 530 feet away, for the Q19 and Q49.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Astoria Blvd/98 St Q19, Q49
    530 feet
    Q19 Q49

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q19 …
  2. Q49 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 31st Avenue and 98th Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway at Northern Boulevard & Van Wyck Expressway at Northern Boulevard/Grand Central Parkway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 101-08 Astoria Boulevard Gas station
    980 feet
  2. 99-111 Ditmars Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. LaGuardia Airport Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.

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
21
Police precinct
115
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Elmhurst
Elevation
53 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 900 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 1935.

Trees

NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the green ash.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2020 and April 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 31st Avenue

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

South side of 31st Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of 98th Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 98th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 2 parks
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 library
  • 1 older adult center
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. East Elmhurst Community School
    710 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Trolley Car Triangle
    840 feet
  2. Private William Gray Playground
    1,080 feet
  3. Barclay Triangle
    1,120 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. East Elmhurst Library
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Gabriels Church House of worship
    330 feet
  2. Alpha Missionary Baptist Church East Elmhurst House of worship
    920 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 98-19 Astoria Boulevard Older adult center
    850 feet
  2. Fisher Pool Swimming pool
    1,060 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 316 Fire station
    1,050 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trade Fair Supermarket
    640 feet
  2. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and six 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 nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 31st Avenue or 98th 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.