39th Avenue & 31st Street

The four-way crossing of 39th Avenue and 31st Street is in Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Windmill Community Garden is 790 feet away. The nearest subway, 39 Av-Dutch Kills, is about a minute on foot, and seven subway lines 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. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along 39th Avenue.

Safety record
7 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
39 Av-Dutch Kills
70 feet · 1 min on foot · N, W
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
31 St/39 Av · Q102, Q108
Within a walk
12 places
6 religious buildings, 3 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
39th Avenue & 31st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 39 Av-Dutch Kills, 70 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 7 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 39 Av-Dutch Kills N, W
    70 feet
    N W

Next trains at this station

Astoria
2 lines
  1. N …
  2. W …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. N …
  2. W …

Also within a walk

  1. 36 St M, R
    850 feet
    M R
  2. Queens Plaza E, F, R
    0.3 miles
    E F R

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Hellion Equilibrium” (2018) by Sarah Morris at the 39 Av-Dutch Kills station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 31 St/39 Av, 40 feet away, for the Q102 and Q108.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 31 St/39 Av Q102, Q108
    40 feet
    Q102 Q108

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q102 …
  2. Q108 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 39th Avenue.

  • 15 bicycle racks within 820 feet, one of them an on-street corral
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 31 St & Northern Blvd 35 docks in all
    370 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at 22nd Street, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 31-01 38th Avenue Gas station
    640 feet
  2. 32-16 36th Avenue Charging for electric cars, 12 fast chargers
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11101
Community board
Queens Community Board 1
City Council district
26
Police precinct
114
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 2010 and 2023.

Since 2014 at least 91 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 23 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the maidenhair tree and the silver linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2018 and June 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 31st Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8AM-9AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 31st Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8AM-9AM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of 39th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 39th Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 3 signs AVO NYC DEPT OF TRANSPORTATION 6AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 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
  • 3 schools
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 garden

Schools and child care

  1. Our World Neighborhood Charter MS School
    530 feet
  2. The Training Institute Qbi Trade or language school
    730 feet
  3. Growing Up Green Charter School
    1,170 feet
Show all 5
  1. Peoplentech Institute of Infomration Trade or language school
    1,210 feet
  2. Academy of American Studies School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Windmill Community Garden
    790 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Patricks Church House of worship
    1,010 feet
  2. Evangel Christian Church House of worship
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. City Acres Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and four food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 Street or 39th Avenue.

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