1st Avenue & East 100th Street

The four-way crossing of 1st Avenue and East 100th Street is in East Harlem (South), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 26 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. M.S. 224 Manhattan East School for Arts & Academics is 400 feet away, and Metropolitan Hospital Center is 920 feet away. The nearest subway, 96 St, is about seven minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, seven of them schools, and six places to eat.

Safety record

10 hurt

26 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025

Nearest subway

96 St

0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · Q

7 schools, 4 parks and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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1st Avenue & East 100th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 96 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

2 lines within a ten-minute walk

96 St Q
0.4 miles
Q

Next trains at this station

Downtown

1 line

Q …

Also within a walk

103 St 6
0.5 miles
6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Blueprint for a Landscape” (2017) by Sarah Sze at the 96 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 1 Av/E 99 St, 170 feet away, for the M15.

13 routes within a ten-minute walk

1 Av/E 99 St M15 · Shelter
170 feet
M15
Shelter

Next buses at this stop

M15 …

Live arrivals

A bus lane runs along 1st Avenue, all day, every day.

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 1st Avenue.

24 bicycle racks within 820 feet
1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

E 102 St & 1 Ave 25 docks in all
610 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

2043 1st Avenue Gas station
0.3 miles
215 East 96th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 26 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

10 people injured
0 people killed
4 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

What the city has done here

Leading pedestrian interval, August 2015
Accessible pedestrian signal, January 2024
Turn calming, April 2026

About this corner

Where facts come from

ZIP code: 10029
Community board: Manhattan Community Board 11
City Council district: 8
Police precinct: 23
Neighborhood (City Planning area): East Harlem (South)
Elevation: 8 feet above sea level

The streets

Up to four travel lanes
A designated truck route
Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,700 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 1970 and 2003.

Since 2014 at least 153 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read

42 signs on these blocks
11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2018 and May 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 1st Avenue

No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 1st Avenue

Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO DEPT OF SANITATION
No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
No stopping 3 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of East 100th Street

Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of East 100th Street

No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

7 schools
4 parks
3 day care or pre-K sites
2 community centers
2 listed historic places
5 other places

Schools and child care

Young Minds In Motion Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
300 feet
Innovation Charter High School
400 feet
M.S. 224 Manhattan East School for Arts & Academics School
400 feet

Show all 10

Success Academy Charter School - Harlem 3 School
400 feet
Central Park East II School
680 feet
NYC Autism Charter School East Harlem School
680 feet
Addie Mae Collins Community Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
690 feet
Center for Life and Faith Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
820 feet
The Judith S. Kaye School
1,130 feet
East Harlem Scholars Academy CS HS School
1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

Harlem RBI Park
350 feet
East River Esplanade Park
680 feet
Stanley Isaacs Playground
840 feet

Show all 6

Marx Brothers Playground
1,200 feet
Cherry Tree Park
1,290 feet
Playground 103 CIII Park
1,290 feet

Health care

EMS Station 10 Ambulance station
900 feet
Metropolitan Hospital Center Hospital
920 feet

Libraries, museums and history

Metro North Plaza Listed historic place
730 feet
Public School 109 Listed historic place
1,290 feet

Community centers and public services

East River Community Center
1,140 feet
Community center at East River Community center
1,190 feet

Supermarkets

Fine Fare Supermarket
0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and 11 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 1st Avenue or East 100th Street.