1st Avenue & East 105th Street

The four-way crossing of 1st Avenue and East 105th Street is in East Harlem (South), Manhattan, at the edge of NYCHA's East River development, and is also named DJ Kay Slay Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 31 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. East Harlem Scholars Academy Charter School is 730 feet away, and Playground 103 CIII is 960 feet away. The nearest subway, 103 St, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places and 18 places to eat.

Safety record
24 hurt
31 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
103 St
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
80 feet
E 105 St/1 Av · M106
Within a walk
22 places
5 religious buildings, 5 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
1st Avenue & East 105th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 103 St, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. 103 St 6
    0.5 miles
    6

Next trains at this station

The Bronx
1 line
  1. 6 …
Downtown
1 line
  1. 6 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Neo-Boriken” (1990) by Nitza Tufiño at the 103 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 105 St/1 Av, 80 feet away, for the M106.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 105 St/1 Av M106 · Shelter
    80 feet
    M106
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M106 …

Live arrivals

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

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 1st Avenue and East 105th Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 106 St & 1 Ave 26 docks in all
    480 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2043 1st Avenue Gas station
    290 feet
  2. 215 East 96th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 31 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 23 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 9 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2015

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

This corner is also named DJ Kay Slay Way, a co-naming enacted on July 23, 2023 (Local Law 110 of 2023).

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,000 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 1940 and 1961.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's East River development.

Trees

NYC Parks records 33 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Callery pear and the goldenrain tree.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on DJ Kay Slay Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2014 and August 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 1st Avenue

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

West side of 1st Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of East 105th Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of East 105th Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. East Harlem Scholars Academy CS HS School
    560 feet
  2. P.S. 146 Ann M. Short School
    580 feet
  3. East Harlem Education Center Pre-K
    730 feet
Show all 9
  1. East Harlem Scholars Academy Charter School
    730 feet
  2. The Dawning Village Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    850 feet
  3. Young Minds In Motion Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,020 feet
  4. East Harlem School at Exodus House School
    1,120 feet
  5. Park East High School
    1,150 feet
  6. Leggett Memorial Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. East River Esplanade Park
    930 feet
  2. East River Playground
    940 feet
  3. Playground 103 CIII Park
    960 feet
Show all 5
  1. Humacao Community Garden
    1,000 feet
  2. Blake Hobbs Playground
    1,080 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Metro North Plaza Listed historic place
    1,200 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Macedonia Gods Pentecostal Church House of worship
    300 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. East River Community Center
    440 feet
  2. Older adult center at 2029 Second Avenue Older adult center
    1,040 feet

Supermarkets

  1. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and 27 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 1st Avenue or East 105th Street.

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