1st Avenue & East 36th Street

The four-way crossing of 1st Avenue and East 36th Street is in Murray Hill-Kips Bay, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The River School is 310 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 1 Av/E 36 St, is 110 feet away for the M15, and 37 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, two of them parks, and 23 places to eat. Along 1st Avenue run a bus lane, all day, and a bike lane separated from traffic.

Safety record
4 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
FDR Drive
530 feet by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
1 Av/E 36 St · M15
Within a walk
17 places
8 public spaces, 2 parks and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
1st Avenue & East 36th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 1 Av/E 36 St, 110 feet away, for the M15.

  • 37 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 1 Av/E 36 St M15
    110 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.

  • 21 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 1 Ave & E 38 St 39 docks in all
    470 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive northbound, 530 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 466 10th Avenue Gas station
    1.7 miles
  2. 630 1st Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    250 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2021

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
10 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 5,500 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 1980 and 1989.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 131 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

East side of 1st Avenue

  • Bus layover only 2 signs MTA BUS LAYOVER ONLY 3PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY NO ENGINE IDLING MAX FINE $2000
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-3PM

West side of 1st Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of East 36th Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY US POSTAL SERVICE 7PM-7AM ALL DAYS
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 10AM-11:30AM

South side of East 36th Street

  • Bus layover only 4 signs MTA BUS LAYOVER ONLY NO ENGINE IDLING MAX FINE $2000
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 102314.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 public spaces
  • 2 parks
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The River School
    310 feet
  2. Pre-K Center at 330 East 38th Street Pre-K center
    630 feet
  3. Maryel School of New York School
    940 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. Vartan Park
    60 feet
  2. St. Vartan Park Playground
    340 feet
  3. East River Esplanade Park
    500 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at East River Realty South Public space
    170 feet
  2. Public space at Manhattan Place Public space
    320 feet
  3. Public space at Corinthian Public space
    630 feet
Show all 8
  1. Public space at Rivergate Public space
    670 feet
  2. Public space at New York Tower Public space
    990 feet
  3. Public space at East River Realty North Public space
    1,010 feet
  4. Public space at Whitney Public space
    1,130 feet
  5. Public space at 300 East 34th Street Public space
    1,210 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Vartan Armenian Church House of worship
    900 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. D'Agostino Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Fairway Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Other places

  1. E 34 St Midtown East Ferry Landing
    600 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 places to eat and two 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 18 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 1st Avenue or East 36th 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.