1st Avenue & East 106th Street

The four-way crossing of 1st Avenue and East 106th Street is in East Harlem (South), Manhattan, at the edge of NYCHA's Wilson development. Between 2021 and 2025, 41 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. In 2025, 3,330 bus-lane camera tickets were recorded here. Macedonia Gods Pentecostal Church is 250 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 1 Av/E 106 St, is 70 feet away for the M15 and M15 SBS. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 18 places to eat.

Safety record
23 hurt
41 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
FDR Drive
0.6 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
1 Av/E 106 St · M15, M15 SBS
Within a walk
19 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 4 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
1st Avenue & East 106th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 1 Av/E 106 St, 70 feet away, for the M15 and M15 SBS.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 1 Av/E 106 St M15, M15 SBS
    70 feet
    M15 M15 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. M15 …
  2. M15 SBS …

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 106th Street.

  • 13 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
    200 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
    200 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 41 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 22 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 7 of those hurt, on foot
  • 6 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 3,330 bus-lane camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 58th most of the 174 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 3, 259 more were issued.

Every corner with bus-lane camera tickets

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
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 5,400 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 1974.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 25 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 42 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2018 and August 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 1st Avenue

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-6PM

West side of 1st Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of East 106th Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of East 106th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-5PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 146 Ann M. Short School
    300 feet
  2. The Dawning Village Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    570 feet
  3. East Harlem Scholars Academy CS HS School
    840 feet
Show all 8
  1. East Harlem Education Center Pre-K
    1,020 feet
  2. East Harlem Scholars Academy Charter School
    1,020 feet
  3. Amber Charter School East Harlem School
    1,250 feet
  4. East Harlem Block Nursery Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,260 feet
  5. Young Minds In Motion Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. East River Playground
    660 feet
  2. Humacao Community Garden
    720 feet
  3. East River Esplanade Park
    790 feet
Show all 7
  1. Pier 107 CVII Park
    1,050 feet
  2. Neighbors of Vega Baja Garden
    1,120 feet
  3. Playground 103 CIII Park
    1,240 feet
  4. Poor Richard's Playground
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Macedonia Gods Pentecostal Church House of worship
    250 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. East River Community Center
    720 feet

Supermarkets

  1. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    1,040 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 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 25 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and 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 106th Street.

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