31st Street & 20th Road

The three-way junction of 31st Street and 20th Road is in Astoria (North)-Ditmars-Steinway, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Steinway Library is 1,250 feet away. The nearest subway, Astoria-Ditmars Blvd, is about eight minutes on foot, for the N and W. Within a five-minute walk are four public places and four places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1926 and 1945, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. Nineteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Astoria-Ditmars Blvd
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · N, W
Nearest bus stop
280 feet
20 Av/31 St · Q100
Within a walk
4 places
1 day care or pre-K site, 1 library and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
31st Street & 20th Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Astoria-Ditmars Blvd, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Astoria-Ditmars Blvd N, W
    0.4 miles
    N W

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. N …
  2. W …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Urban Idyll” (2019) by Elisabeth Condon at the Astoria-Ditmars Blvd station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 20 Av/31 St, 280 feet away, for the Q100.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 20 Av/31 St Q100
    280 feet
    Q100

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q100 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 20 Ave & 31 St 21 docks in all
    350 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway southbound at 46th Street & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 31-02 20th Avenue Gas station
    180 feet
  2. 30-10 35th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1.5 miles
  3. LaGuardia Airport Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2018.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11105
Community board
Queens Community Board 1
City Council district
22
Police precinct
114
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Astoria (North)-Ditmars-Steinway
Elevation
24 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1926 and 1945.

Trees

Nineteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2016 and May 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 20th Road

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 20th Road

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of 31st Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 library
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church of Long Island City Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    860 feet
  2. Queens Lutheran School
    940 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Steinway Library
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    1,010 feet
  2. Lidl Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 20th Road or 31st 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 Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.