1st Avenue & East 25th Street

The four-way crossing of 1st Avenue and East 25th Street is in Murray Hill-Kips Bay, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 22 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Asser Levy Playground is 680 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 1 Av/25 St, is 70 feet away for the M15 and M15 SBS, and 31 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 24 places to eat.

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1st Avenue & East 25th Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 1 Av/25 St, 70 feet away, for the M15 and M15 SBS.

  • 31 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 1 Av/25 St M15, M15 SBS
    70 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.

  • 73 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 7 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 25 St & 1 Ave 35 docks in all
    60 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at FDR Drive & East 30th Street, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    2 miles
  2. 350 East 30th Street Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    1,230 feet
  3. West 24th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 22 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10010
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 6
City Council district
2 and 4 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
13
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Murray Hill-Kips Bay
Elevation
15 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,600 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 1965 and 1975.

Since 2014 at least 79 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 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
  • 11 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2020 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 1st Avenue

  • Ambulances only 2 signs FDNY AMBULANCE ONLY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

West side of 1st Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Ambulances only 1 sign FDNY AMBULANCE ONLY

North side of East 25th Street

  • Doctor plates only 6 signs DOCTOR LICENSE PLATES ONLY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 25th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Doctor plates only 1 sign DOCTOR LICENSE PLATES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 101289 and 101290.

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

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

  1. Skagerrak Sculpture by Antoni H. Milkowski, 1971
    770 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 public spaces
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Acorn School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    520 feet
  2. Icd International Center for the Dis Trade or language school
    530 feet
  3. Bellevue Day Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    550 feet
Show all 5
  1. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    790 feet
  2. Baruch College Early Learning Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    800 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bellevue South Park
    650 feet
  2. Asser Levy Playground
    680 feet
  3. Dog Run in Bellevue South Park Dog run
    860 feet
Show all 4
  1. Bellevue South Park Playground
    900 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Waterside Plaza Public space
    1,150 feet
  2. Public space at Parc East Tower Apartments Public space
    1,250 feet
  3. Public space at Alexandria Science Center Public space
    1,290 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 8 Ambulance station
    930 feet
  2. Bellevue Hospital Center Hospital
    950 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. R & S Building Listed historic place
    980 feet
  2. Public Baths Listed historic place
    1,210 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Asser Levy Recreation Center
    1,180 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    830 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    1,140 feet
  2. D'Agostino Supermarket
    1,270 feet
  3. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    810 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 places to eat and eight food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.