Long Island Expressway & 31st Street

Long Island Expressway and 31st Street meet at a four-way crossing in Sunnyside, Queens. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. The nearest bus stop, Borden Av/Van Dam St, is 470 feet away for the Q67, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five places to eat. Within 820 feet are 45 homes, mostly built between 1900 and 1931, almost all in houses of one or two. Nine trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the scarlet oak.

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Long Island Expressway & 31st Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Borden Av/Van Dam St, 470 feet away, for the Q67.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Borden Av/Van Dam St Q67
    470 feet
    Q67

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q67 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Bradley Ave & Greenpoint Ave 21 docks in all
    1,090 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at Borden Avenue, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 34-10 Borden Avenue Gas station
    910 feet
  2. 53-26 Van Dam Street Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers
    920 feet

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11101
Community board
Queens Community Board 2
City Council district
26
Police precinct
108
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Sunnyside

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

Within 820 feet of this corner are 45 homes, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1900 and 1931.

Trees

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

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A signal or safety change
  • A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
  • A listed public place within a five-minute walk

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

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