1st Avenue & East 37th Street

The four-way crossing of 1st Avenue and East 37th Street is in Murray Hill-Kips Bay, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 35 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. St. Vartan Park is 310 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 1 Av/E 36 St, is 150 feet away for the M15, and 37 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, three of them parks, and 26 places to eat.

Safety record
22 hurt
35 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
FDR Drive
1,320 feet by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
150 feet
1 Av/E 36 St · M15
Within a walk
20 places
9 public spaces, 3 parks and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
1st Avenue & East 37th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 1 Av/E 36 St, 150 feet away, for the M15.

  • 37 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 1 Av/E 36 St M15
    150 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 and East 37th Street.

  • 23 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive northbound, 1,320 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 466 10th Avenue Gas station
    1.7 miles
  2. 240 East 39th Street Charging for electric cars, 15 Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 35 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 22 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on foot
  • 10 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, May 2024

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
14 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 5,800 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 1980 and 2000.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 55 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 October 2018 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 1st Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

West side of 1st Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of East 37th Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM
  • Truck loading only 4 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

South side of East 37th Street

  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 102314.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 public spaces
  • 3 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Pre-K Center at 330 East 38th Street Pre-K center
    380 feet
  2. The River School
    570 feet
  3. Maryel School of New York School
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. Vartan Park
    310 feet
  2. East River Esplanade Park
    490 feet
  3. St. Vartan Park Playground
    600 feet
Show all 5
  1. Trygve Lie Plaza
    1,100 feet
  2. Robert Moses Playground
    1,110 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Manhattan Place Public space
    200 feet
  2. Public space at Corinthian Public space
    380 feet
  3. Public space at East River Realty South Public space
    420 feet
Show all 9
  1. Public space at New York Tower Public space
    730 feet
  2. Public space at East River Realty North Public space
    750 feet
  3. Public space at Whitney Public space
    870 feet
  4. Public space at Rivergate Public space
    930 feet
  5. Public space at 240 East 38th Street Public space
    1,090 feet
  6. Public space at Churchill Public space
    1,160 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Vartan Armenian Church House of worship
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,230 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other places

  1. E 34 St Midtown East Ferry Landing
    780 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 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 19 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 1st Avenue or East 37th 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.