79th Street & 31st Avenue

The four-way crossing of 79th Street and 31st Avenue is in Jackson Heights, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Trainsmeadow Post Office is 1,130 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 31 Av/77 St, is 570 feet away for the Q47, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them religious buildings, and eight places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Grand Central Parkway
0.6 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
570 feet
31 Av/77 St · Q47
Within a walk
6 places
2 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
79th Street & 31st Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 31 Av/77 St, 570 feet away, for the Q47.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 31 Av/77 St Q47 · Shelter · Countdown sign
    570 feet
    Q47
    Shelter · Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q47 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 31st Avenue.

  • 11 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 77 St & 31 Ave 20 docks in all
    580 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway eastbound at Astoria Boulevard North & Grand Central Parkway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 76-19 Northern Boulevard Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 74-15 Northern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers and one fast charger
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 10 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 April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11370
Community board
Queens Community Board 3
City Council district
25
Police precinct
115
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Jackson Heights
Elevation
29 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Posted limits from 20 to 25 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,200 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 1930 and 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 38 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2020 and May 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 31st Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 31st Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of 79th Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 79th Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 post office
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. A Child's Place Too Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,000 feet
  2. Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Academy School
    1,110 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. LaGuardia Landing Lights Park
    1,100 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Trainsmeadow Post Office
    1,130 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    500 feet
  2. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Farm Country Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    860 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Jackson Heights Shopping Center Shopping center
    740 feet

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, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 31st Avenue or 79th Street.

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