31st Avenue & Astoria Boulevard

The five-way junction of 31st Avenue and Astoria Boulevard is in East Elmhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Barclay Triangle is 740 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Astoria Blvd/Humphreys St, is 600 feet away for the Q19, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, five of them religious buildings, and two places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Grand Central Parkway
0.5 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
600 feet
Astoria Blvd/Humphreys St · Q19
Within a walk
8 places
5 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
31st Avenue & Astoria Boulevard Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Astoria Blvd/Humphreys St, 600 feet away, for the Q19.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Astoria Blvd/Humphreys St Q19
    600 feet
    Q19

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q19 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 31 Ave & 103 St 20 docks in all
    710 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, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 107-10 Astoria Boulevard Gas station
    810 feet
  2. 99-111 Ditmars Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 109-5 Marina Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

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
74 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 800 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 1920 and 1940.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 25 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 35 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2016 and August 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 105th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of 105th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of 31st Avenue

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

South side of 31st Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Astoria Boulevard

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Astoria Boulevard

  • Bus layover only 2 signs MTA BUS LAYOVER ONLY NO ENGINE IDLING MAX FINE $2000
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Sco Family of Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    320 feet
  2. A Child's Place Too Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Barclay Triangle
    740 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trade Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and seven 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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 105th Street, 31st Avenue, Astoria Boulevard or Gillmore Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.