1st Avenue & East 111th Street

The four-way crossing of 1st Avenue and East 111th Street is in East Harlem (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 19 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The sculpture “Tomorrow's Wind” is 600 feet away. The nearest subway, 110 St, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 31 places to eat. A bus lane runs along 1st Avenue, all day, and a bike lane separated from traffic along one of the streets meeting here.

Safety record
9 hurt
19 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
110 St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
1 Av/E 111 St · M15
Within a walk
23 places
6 religious buildings, 3 gardens and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
1st Avenue & East 111th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 110 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight 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 111 St, 120 feet away, for the M15.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 1 Av/E 111 St M15 · Shelter
    120 feet
    M15
    Shelter

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 111th Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 1 Ave & E 110 St 25 docks in all
    280 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
    0.3 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 19 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 9 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 April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2018

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 (North)
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 3,600 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 1959 and 1974.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 66 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2016 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
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

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 111th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 111th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

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
    600 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

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

Schools and child care

  1. Northside Headstart Center School
    640 feet
  2. Northside Center for Child Development Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    660 feet
  3. The Dawning Village Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    760 feet
Show all 5
  1. Reece School
    820 feet
  2. P.S. 102 Jacques Cartier School
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Thomas Jefferson Park
    60 feet
  2. Humacao Community Garden
    860 feet
  3. East River Esplanade Park
    880 feet
Show all 6
  1. Neighbors of Vega Baja Garden
    1,020 feet
  2. Thomas Jefferson Park Playground
    1,150 feet
  3. Family Garden by Tiffany & Co. Garden
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Anns RC Church House of worship
    690 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Thomas Jefferson Recreation Center Landmark
    360 feet
  2. Thomas Jefferson Pool Swimming pool
    610 feet
  3. Older adult center at 2205 1st Avenue Older adult center
    770 feet
Show all 5
  1. Older adult center at Jefferson Older adult center
    770 feet
  2. Older adult center at 312 East 109th Street Older adult center
    1,100 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 91 Fire station
    930 feet

Supermarkets

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

Other stores

  1. Costco Store
    0.5 miles

Shopping centers

  1. East River Plaza Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 places to eat and 17 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 1st Avenue or East 111th 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 Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.