1st Avenue & East 117th Street

The four-way crossing of 1st Avenue and East 117th Street is in East Harlem (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 28 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. P.S. 155 Playground is 160 feet away, and Home Depot Children's Garden is 330 feet away. The nearest subway, 116 St, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 36 public places, nine of them gardens, and 39 places to eat. Along 1st Avenue run a bus lane, all day, and a bike lane separated from traffic.

Safety record
18 hurt
28 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
116 St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
1 Av/E 116 St · M15, M15 SBS, M116
Within a walk
36 places
9 gardens, 9 religious buildings and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
1st Avenue & East 117th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 116 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. 116 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 “In Everything There Is A Season” (2005) by Robert Blackburn at the 116 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 1 Av/E 116 St, 170 feet away, for the M15, M15 SBS and M116.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 1 Av/E 116 St M15, M15 SBS, M116 · Shelter
    170 feet
    M15 M15 SBS M116
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M15 …
  2. M15 SBS …
  3. M116 …

Live arrivals

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

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 1st Avenue.

  • 45 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 1 Ave & E 118 St 24 docks in all
    320 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at East 116th Street & FDR Drive, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2278 1st Avenue Gas station
    at this corner
  2. 245 East 124th Street Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 28 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 18 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 7 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2015

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10035
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 11
City Council district
8
Police precinct
25
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Harlem (North)
Elevation
7 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1900 and 1920.

Since 2014 at least 232 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2015 and August 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 1st Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 1st Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of East 117th 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 117th Street

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 36 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 155 William Paca School
    550 feet
  2. Renaissance School of the Arts School
    550 feet
  3. East Harlem Council for Human Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    730 feet
Show all 10
  1. Keith Haring School Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    810 feet
  2. Kennedy Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    890 feet
  3. Storefront Academy Harlem Charter School
    1,100 feet
  4. Harlem Village Academy East Charter School
    1,120 feet
  5. River East Elementary School
    1,120 feet
  6. Village Academy Charter High School
    1,220 feet
  7. Mt Carmel-Holy Rosary School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. P.S. 155 Playground
    160 feet
  2. El Barrio Community Garden
    290 feet
  3. Home Depot Children's Garden
    330 feet
Show all 11
  1. East Harlem Community Garden
    440 feet
  2. Diamante Garden / Dimantis Garden
    730 feet
  3. Thomas Jefferson Park
    900 feet
  4. Los Amigos Garden NYRP Garden
    960 feet
  5. Pleasant Village Community Garden
    1,050 feet
  6. Rodale Pleasant Park Community Garden
    1,110 feet
  7. Family Garden by Tiffany & Co. Garden
    1,140 feet
  8. Pleasant Park Garden
    1,220 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. East Harlem Historic District Listed historic place
    540 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Emanuel Baptist Church House of worship
    520 feet
  2. Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church House of worship
    860 feet
  3. First Sharon Baptist Church House of worship
    1,080 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Corsi Houses Community center
    730 feet
  2. Older adult center at 307 East 116th Street Older adult center
    730 feet
  3. Older adult center at 2205 1st Avenue Older adult center
    1,190 feet
Show all 5
  1. Older adult center at Jefferson Older adult center
    1,190 feet
  2. Thomas Jefferson Recreation Center
    1,270 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    770 feet
  2. ALDI Supermarket
    970 feet
  3. Cherry Valley Marketplace Supermarket
    1,150 feet

Other stores

  1. Costco Store
    790 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. East River Plaza Shopping center
    960 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 39 places to eat and 23 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 117th 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.