1st Avenue & East 28th Street

The three-way junction of 1st Avenue and East 28th Street is in Murray Hill-Kips Bay, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The sculpture “Skagerrak” is 420 feet away. The nearest subway, 28 St, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 19 places to eat. Along 1st Avenue run a bus lane, all day, and a bike lane separated from traffic.

Safety record
3 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
28 St
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
1 Av/E 28 St · M15
Within a walk
20 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 religious buildings and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
1st Avenue & East 28th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 28 St, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. 28 St 6
    0.5 miles
    6

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. 6 …
Downtown
1 line
  1. 6 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “ROAMING UNDERFOOT” (2018) by Nancy Blum at the 28 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 1 Av/E 28 St, 100 feet away, for the M15.

  • 29 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 1 Av/E 28 St M15
    100 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.

  • 31 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 5 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 27 St & 1 Ave 87 docks in all
    290 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at FDR Drive & East 30th Street, 1,220 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 466 10th Avenue Gas station
    2 miles
  2. 350 East 30th Street Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    460 feet
  3. West 24th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, November 2018
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10016
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
19 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 1970 and 1975.

Since 2014 at least 23 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 21 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2018 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 1st Avenue

  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 1st Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 3 signs AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY NYC DEPT OF HEALTH & MENTAL HYGIENE
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of East 28th Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 3 signs AVO MEDICAL EXAMINERS OFFICE
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of East 28th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 106495.

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
    420 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 hospitals
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 public spaces
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bellevue Day Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    220 feet
  2. The Acorn School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    780 feet
  3. Churchill School and Center School
    850 feet
Show all 6
  1. Rose Hill Montessori Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    940 feet
  2. NYU School of Medicine College
    1,190 feet
  3. Icd International Center for the Dis Trade or language school
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bellevue South Park
    360 feet
  2. Bellevue South Park Playground
    380 feet
  3. Dog Run in Bellevue South Park Dog run
    620 feet
Show all 4
  1. Vincent F. Albano Jr. Playground
    1,060 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Alexandria Science Center Public space
    520 feet
  2. Public space at Parc East Tower Apartments Public space
    1,220 feet

Health care

  1. Bellevue Hospital Center Hospital
    460 feet
  2. EMS Station 8 Ambulance station
    730 feet
  3. NYU Langone Hospitals Hospital
    1,190 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. R & S Building Listed historic place
    210 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Illuminators Armenian Apostolic Cathedral House of worship
    1,170 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 16/Ladder 7 Fire station
    1,110 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fairway Market Supermarket
    1,240 feet
  2. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. D'Agostino Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    980 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and four food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 1st Avenue or East 28th 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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.