1st Avenue & East 107th Street

The four-way crossing of 1st Avenue and East 107th Street is in East Harlem (South), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. P.S. 146 Ann M. Short is 330 feet away, and East Harlem Scholars Academy CS HS is 1,110 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 1 Av/E 106 St, is 220 feet away for the M15 and M15 SBS. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 15 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
FDR Drive
0.7 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
220 feet
1 Av/E 106 St · M15, M15 SBS
Within a walk
19 places
4 religious buildings, 4 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
1st Avenue & East 107th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 1 Av/E 106 St, 220 feet away, for the M15 and M15 SBS.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 1 Av/E 106 St M15, M15 SBS
    220 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.

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at East 116th Street & FDR Drive, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2278 1st Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 215 East 96th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2023.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, August 2020
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

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 4,300 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 1960 and 1974.

Trees

NYC Parks records 26 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. The Dawning Village Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    300 feet
  2. P.S. 146 Ann M. Short School
    330 feet
  3. East Harlem Scholars Academy CS HS School
    1,110 feet
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  1. Reece School
    1,200 feet
  2. East Harlem Education Center Pre-K
    1,290 feet
  3. East Harlem Scholars Academy Charter School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. East River Playground
    390 feet
  2. Humacao Community Garden
    450 feet
  3. Pier 107 CVII Park
    780 feet
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  1. East River Esplanade Park
    790 feet
  2. Neighbors of Vega Baja Garden
    850 feet
  3. Poor Richard's Playground
    1,060 feet
  4. Thomas Jefferson Park
    1,120 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Macedonia Gods Pentecostal Church House of worship
    520 feet
  2. St Anns RC Church House of worship
    1,290 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. East River Community Center
    990 feet
  2. Older adult center at 312 East 109th Street Older adult center
    1,110 feet

Supermarkets

  1. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    1,310 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Shop Fair 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 15 places to eat and 25 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here and 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 107th 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, NYCHA, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.