Northern Boulevard & 31st Street

Northern Boulevard and 31st Street meet at a four-way crossing in Sunnyside Yards (North), Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 49 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. St Patricks Church is 630 feet away, and Evangel Christian Church is 1,240 feet away. The nearest subway, 39 Av-Dutch Kills, is about two minutes on foot, and seven subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 20 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Northern Boulevard.

Safety record
40 hurt
49 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
39 Av-Dutch Kills
450 feet · 2 min on foot · N, W
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
31 St/40 Av · Q108
Within a walk
13 places
6 religious buildings, 4 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Northern Boulevard & 31st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 39 Av-Dutch Kills, 450 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 7 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 39 Av-Dutch Kills N, W
    450 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. Queens Plaza E, F, R
    960 feet
    E F R
  2. 36 St M, R
    990 feet
    M 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/40 Av, 50 feet away, for the Q108.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q108 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Northern Boulevard.

  • 20 bicycle racks within 820 feet, one of them an on-street corral
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at 22nd Street, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 31-01 38th Avenue Gas station
    1,110 feet
  2. 32-16 36th Avenue Charging for electric cars, 12 fast chargers
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 49 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 40 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 8 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

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)
Sunnyside Yards (North)
Elevation
20 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,100 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 2015 and 2019.

Since 2014 at least 372 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Seven trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Exclamation' London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2017 and August 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 31st Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING FRIDAY 8AM-9AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 31st Street

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 40th Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of Northern Boulevard

  • No stopping 5 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Academy of American Studies School
    840 feet
  2. The Training Institute Qbi Trade or language school
    870 feet
  3. Our World Neighborhood Charter MS School
    1,000 feet
Show all 6
  1. Atlas School
    1,070 feet
  2. Growing Up Green Charter School
    1,120 feet
  3. PlayHouse NYC Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Windmill Community Garden
    900 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Patricks Church House of worship
    630 feet
  2. Evangel Christian Church House of worship
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and five 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 of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 31st Street, 40th Avenue or Northern Boulevard.

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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.