1st Avenue & East 34th Street

The four-way crossing of 1st Avenue and East 34th Street is in Murray Hill-Kips Bay, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 43 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The River School is 450 feet away. The nearest bus stop, E 34 St/1 Av, is 40 feet away for the M34 SBS, QM7, QM8 and three more, and 37 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, two of them parks, and 27 places to eat.

Safety record
25 hurt
43 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
FDR Drive
400 feet by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
E 34 St/1 Av · M34 SBS, QM7, QM8, QM11 +2
Within a walk
17 places
6 public spaces, 2 parks and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
1st Avenue & East 34th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 34 St/1 Av, 40 feet away, for the M34 SBS, QM7, QM8, QM11 and two more.

  • 37 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 34 St/1 Av M34 SBS, QM7, QM8, QM11 +2
    40 feet
    M34 SBS QM7 QM8 QM11 QM25 QM65

Next buses at this stop

  1. M34 SBS …
  2. QM7 …
  3. QM8 …
  4. QM11 …
  5. QM25 …
  6. QM65 …

Live arrivals

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

Cycling

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

  • 32 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 4 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 33 St & 1 Ave 83 docks in all
    450 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at FDR Drive & East 34th Street, 400 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 466 10th Avenue Gas station
    1.7 miles
  2. 332-342 East 34th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    200 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 43 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 25 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 9 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, June 2002
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, June 2022
  • Turn calming, March 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10016
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 6
City Council district
4
Police precinct
17
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Murray Hill-Kips Bay
Elevation
9 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,800 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 1962 and 1985.

Since 2014 at least 160 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 75 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2016 and December 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 1st Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO MEDICAL EXAMINERS OFFICE
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 1st Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of East 34th Street

  • Ambulettes only 1 sign AMBULETTE ONLY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING SATURDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

South side of East 34th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING SATURDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 102540.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 public spaces
  • 2 parks
  • 2 schools
  • 1 college
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The River School
    450 feet
  2. Maryel School of New York School
    950 feet
  3. NYU School of Medicine College
    1,130 feet
Show all 4
  1. Pre-K Center at 330 East 38th Street Pre-K center
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. Vartan Park
    330 feet
  2. St. Vartan Park Playground
    480 feet
  3. East River Esplanade Park
    1,030 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Rivergate Public space
    430 feet
  2. Public space at East River Realty South Public space
    610 feet
  3. Public space at 300 East 34th Street Public space
    680 feet
Show all 6
  1. Public space at Manhattan Place Public space
    850 feet
  2. Public space at The Water Club Public space
    950 feet
  3. Public space at Corinthian Public space
    1,170 feet

Health care

  1. NYU Langone Hospitals Hospital
    1,130 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Civic Club Listed historic place
    930 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Vartan Armenian Church House of worship
    780 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fairway Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. D'Agostino Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,140 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Other places

  1. E 34 St Midtown East Ferry Landing
    920 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 places to eat and five food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 1st Avenue or East 34th 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 Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.