City Asks Astoria Residents For 31st Avenue Feedback, Seek Ideas

ASTORIA, QUEENS — The Department of Transportation is looking for community feedback on Astoria’s 31st Avenue to improve safety for pedestrians and cyclists.

Astoria residents can fill out a survey to help identify ways to enhance bike networks and pedestrian safety from Vernon Boulevard to 51st Street.

“While the focus of this survey is 31st Avenue and north/south streets in Astoria, Queens, NYC DOT is always interested in hearing if there are particular intersections or street that we can look at for potential ways to enhance safety in Astoria and beyond,” reads the survey description.

The first part of the survey gauges how residents or people who work in Astoria move around the neighborhood. Respondents can choose walking, driving, public transit, ride-hailing services, and other options as ways they get to work, go to restaurants, and run errands, among other activities.

The survey also wants to know roughly how frequently people visit the 31st Avenue corridor and any concerns they have while using it.

Respondents can choose which public realm improvements they want to see in the corridor, including more greenery, pedestrian space, shares streets, public art, and more.

The Department of Transportation announced Monday that it will undergo a slew of projects in Astoria and Long Island City to harden bike lanes. A bike lane hardening project will add cement “Jersey Barriers” on Vernon Boulevard from the Queensborough Bridge to the Roosevelt Island Bridge, officials said.