1st Avenue & East 38th Street

The four-way crossing of 1st Avenue and East 38th Street is in Murray Hill-Kips Bay, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. In 2025, 260 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Robert Moses Playground is 850 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 1 Av/E 39 St, is 370 feet away for the M15, and 24 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, four of them parks, and 21 places to eat.

Safety record
12 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
FDR Drive
1,060 feet by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
370 feet
1 Av/E 39 St · M15
Within a walk
23 places
11 public spaces, 4 parks and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
1st Avenue & East 38th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 1 Av/E 39 St, 370 feet away, for the M15.

  • 24 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 1 Av/E 39 St M15
    370 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 38th Street.

  • 21 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
    70 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive northbound, 1,060 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 466 10th Avenue Gas station
    1.8 miles
  2. 240 East 39th Street Charging for electric cars, 15 Level 2 chargers
    1,300 feet
  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 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 12 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, December 2020
  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2023

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 260 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,529th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 106 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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
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 6,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 23 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
  • 13 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2016 and July 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 1st Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME
  • Bus layover only 1 sign NON-MTA BUS LAYOVER ONLY 7AM - 7PM ALL DAYS NO ENGINE IDLING MAX FINE $2000

West side of 1st Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of East 38th Street

  • Ambulettes only 3 signs AMBULETTE ONLY 5AM-8PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY CONSUL-C DIPLOMAT-A & D LICENSE PLATES D/S DECALS ONLY
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Bus layover only 2 signs NON-MTA BUS LAYOVER ONLY 7AM - 7PM ALL DAYS NO ENGINE IDLING MAX FINE $2000

South side of East 38th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 10A M-11:30AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 10AM-11:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and built between 1929 and 1956.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

  • 11 public spaces
  • 4 parks
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 ferry landing
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Pre-K Center at 330 East 38th Street Pre-K center
    450 feet
  2. The River School
    830 feet
  3. Everbrook Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,100 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. East River Esplanade Park
    500 feet
  2. St. Vartan Park
    570 feet
  3. Trygve Lie Plaza
    840 feet
Show all 6
  1. Robert Moses Playground
    850 feet
  2. St. Vartan Park Playground
    860 feet
  3. Ralph Bunche Park
    1,140 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Corinthian Public space
    450 feet
  2. Public space at Manhattan Place Public space
    460 feet
  3. Public space at New York Tower Public space
    470 feet
Show all 11
  1. Public space at East River Realty North Public space
    500 feet
  2. Public space at Whitney Public space
    610 feet
  3. Public space at East River Realty South Public space
    690 feet
  4. Public space at Churchill Public space
    900 feet
  5. Public space at 240 East 38th Street Public space
    1,100 feet
  6. Public space at Rivergate Public space
    1,190 feet
  7. Public space at The Nash Public space
    1,270 feet
  8. Public space at Highpoint Public space
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Peace Form One Sculpture Monument or memorial
    1,310 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    1,250 feet
  2. D'Agostino Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    970 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other places

  1. E 34 St Midtown East Ferry Landing
    1,050 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 places to eat and four food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 17 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 1st Avenue or East 38th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.