1st Avenue & East 118th Street

The four-way crossing of 1st Avenue and East 118th Street is in East Harlem (North), Manhattan, and is also named Giuseppina “Josie” Santo Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 32 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. El Barrio Community Garden is 350 feet away, and Wagner Playground is 1,160 feet away. The nearest subway, 116 St, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 33 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 36 places to eat.

Safety record
25 hurt
32 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
116 St
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
430 feet
1 Av/E 116 St · M15, M15 SBS, M116
Within a walk
33 places
9 religious buildings, 7 gardens and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
1st Avenue & East 118th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 116 St, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. 116 St 6
    0.5 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, 430 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
    430 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.

  • 38 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 1 Ave & E 118 St 24 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, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2322 1st Avenue Gas station
    430 feet
  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 32 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 25 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 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
  • Turn calming, December 2017

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

This corner is also named Giuseppina “Josie” Santo Way, a co-naming enacted on January 20, 2024 (Local Law 41 of 2024).

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 227 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 74 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Giuseppina “Josie” Santo Way.

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 2015 and September 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 1st Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

West side of 1st Avenue

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

North side of East 118th Street

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

South side of East 118th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • 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 33 public places.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 7 gardens
  • 6 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 community centers
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 155 William Paca School
    610 feet
  2. Renaissance School of the Arts School
    610 feet
  3. Harlem Village Academy East Charter School
    860 feet
Show all 9
  1. River East Elementary School
    860 feet
  2. Village Academy Charter High School
    950 feet
  3. East Harlem Council for Human Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,000 feet
  4. Mt Carmel-Holy Rosary School
    1,010 feet
  5. Keith Haring School Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,070 feet
  6. Kennedy Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. P.S. 155 Playground
    170 feet
  2. El Barrio Community Garden
    350 feet
  3. Home Depot Children's Garden
    430 feet
Show all 10
  1. Diamante Garden / Dimantis Garden
    540 feet
  2. East Harlem Community Garden
    550 feet
  3. Pleasant Village Community Garden
    790 feet
  4. Los Amigos Garden NYRP Garden
    790 feet
  5. Wagner Playground
    1,160 feet
  6. Thomas Jefferson Park
    1,160 feet
  7. Papo's Garden
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. East Harlem Historic District Listed historic place
    800 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Emanuel Baptist Church House of worship
    400 feet
  2. Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church House of worship
    1,120 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Corsi Houses Community center
    990 feet
  2. Older adult center at 307 East 116th Street Older adult center
    990 feet
  3. Wagner Community Center
    1,220 feet
Show all 4
  1. Older adult center at 435 East 120th Street Older adult center
    1,220 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    530 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    510 feet
  2. ALDI Supermarket
    1,230 feet
  3. Cherry Valley Marketplace Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Costco Store
    1,050 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. East River Plaza Shopping center
    980 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 36 places to eat and 18 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, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 1st Avenue or East 118th 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, NYC Records, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.