31st Road & Downing Street

The four-way crossing of 31st Road and Downing Street is in Flushing-Willets Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Queens corner. The nearest bus stop, Linden Pl/31 Rd, is 1,060 feet away for the Q25, Q50 and Q61, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are one public place and 17 places to eat.

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31st Road & Downing Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Linden Pl/31 Rd, 1,060 feet away, for the Q25, Q50 and Q61.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Linden Pl/31 Rd Q25, Q50, Q61
    1,060 feet
    Q25 Q50 Q61

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q25 …
  2. Q50 …
  3. Q61 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Whitestone Expressway southbound at Whitestone Expressway & Ulmer Street at Whitestone Expressway Turnaround, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 137-17 Northern Boulevard Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 135-23 39th Avenue Charging for electric cars, eight fast chargers
    0.9 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes at this corner, the median for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11354
Community board
Queens Community Board 7
City Council district
20
Police precinct
109
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flushing-Willets Point
Elevation
10 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

One public place is within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 242 Leonard P. Stavisky Early Childhood School Pre-K
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    380 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and two food stores.

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
  • Homes within 820 feet
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.