1st Avenue & East 110th Street

The four-way crossing of 1st Avenue and East 110th Street is in East Harlem (South), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 24 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Reece School is 560 feet away, and East River Playground is 1,190 feet away. The nearest subway, 110 St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 28 places to eat.

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1st Avenue & East 110th Street Nearby corners, linked

Subway

The nearest subway station is 110 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. 110 St 6
    0.4 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 “Sábado en la Ciento Diez (Saturday on 110th Street)” (1996) by Manuel Vega at the 110 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 1 Av/E 109 St, 190 feet away, for the M15.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 1 Av/E 109 St M15
    190 feet
    M15

Next buses at this stop

  1. 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 and East 110th Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 1 Ave & E 110 St 25 docks in all
    60 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at East 116th Street & FDR Drive, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

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

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 24 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 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
9 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 8 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 37 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2020 and August 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 1st Avenue

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

North side of East 110th Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of East 110th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Art Moderne, and built between 1935 and 1936.

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Thomas Jefferson Park.

  1. Tomorrow's Wind Sculpture by Melvin Edwards, 1995
    750 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 public places.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 3 older adult centers
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Dawning Village Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    500 feet
  2. Reece School
    560 feet
  3. Northside Headstart Center School
    750 feet
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  1. Northside Center for Child Development Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    930 feet
  2. P.S. 146 Ann M. Short School
    1,130 feet
  3. P.S. 083 Luis Munoz Rivera School
    1,300 feet
  4. The Bilingual Bicultural School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Thomas Jefferson Park
    320 feet
  2. Humacao Community Garden
    590 feet
  3. East River Esplanade Park
    740 feet
Show all 5
  1. Neighbors of Vega Baja Garden
    760 feet
  2. East River Playground
    1,190 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Anns RC Church House of worship
    610 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Thomas Jefferson Recreation Center Landmark
    620 feet
  2. Older adult center at 312 East 109th Street Older adult center
    840 feet
  3. Thomas Jefferson Pool Swimming pool
    880 feet
Show all 5
  1. Older adult center at 2205 1st Avenue Older adult center
    1,030 feet
  2. Older adult center at Jefferson Older adult center
    1,030 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 91 Fire station
    1,100 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Cherry Valley Marketplace Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 places to eat and 18 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

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 Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.