1st Avenue & East 42nd Street

The five-way junction of 1st Avenue and East 42nd Street is in Murray Hill-Kips Bay, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 58 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The kinetic sculpture “Peace Clock” is 90 feet away, and Beaux-Arts Apartments stands 670 feet away. The nearest subway, Grand Central-42 St, is about six minutes on foot, for the 4, 5, 6, 7 and S. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, four of them parks, and 16 places to eat. A bus lane runs along 1st Avenue, all day.

Safety record
44 hurt
58 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Grand Central-42 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 4, 5, 6, 7, S
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
E 42 St/1 Av · M42
Within a walk
23 places
7 public spaces, 4 parks and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
1st Avenue & East 42nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Grand Central-42 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  1. Grand Central-42 St 4, 5, 6, 7, S
    0.3 miles
    4 5 6 7 S

Next trains at this station

Uptown
3 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. 5 …
  3. 6 …
Downtown
3 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. 5 …
  3. 6 …
Queens
1 line
  1. 7 …
Hudson Yards
1 line
  1. 7 …
Times Square
1 line
  1. S …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists five works at the Grand Central-42 St station, among them “Fast Track and Speedwheels” (1990) by Dan Sinclair and “Grand Central: Arches, Towers, Pyramids” (2000) by Jackie Ferrara.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 42 St/1 Av, 100 feet away, for the M42.

  • 25 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 42 St/1 Av M42
    100 feet
    M42

Next buses at this stop

  1. M42 …

Live arrivals

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

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 1 Ave & E 42 St 62 docks in all
    100 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive northbound at 1st Avenue, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 466 10th Avenue Gas station
    1.9 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
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 58 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 44 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 1981
  • Turn calming, May 2023

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10017
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 6
City Council district
4
Police precinct
17
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Murray Hill-Kips Bay

The streets

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

Homes

About 5,000 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 1929 and 1956.

Trees

NYC Parks records 110 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2020 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 1st Avenue

  • No stopping 7 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of 1st Avenue

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of East 42nd Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY CONSUL-C DIPLOMAT-A & D LICENSE PLATES D/S DECALS ONLY
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 42nd Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY CONSUL-C DIPLOMAT-A & D LICENSE PLATES D/S DECALS ONLY
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and 24 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Tudor Revival. They were mostly built between 1925 and 1929.

  1. Ford Foundation Building Designated landmark
    510 feet
  2. Hotel Tudor Designated landmark
    630 feet
  3. Beaux-Arts Apartments Designated landmark
    670 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in Trygve Lie Plaza.

  1. Peace Clock Kinetic sculpture by Lina Viste Gronli, 2016
    90 feet
  2. The Isaiah Wall Memorial wall, 1948
    310 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 7 public spaces
  • 4 parks
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Vivvi 11 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    410 feet
  2. The Goddard School Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Robert Moses Playground
    90 feet
  2. Trygve Lie Plaza
    90 feet
  3. Ralph Bunche Park
    100 feet
Show all 7
  1. Mary O'Connor Playground
    360 feet
  2. Tudor Grove Playground
    370 feet
  3. East River Esplanade Park
    770 feet
  4. Dag Hammarskjold Plaza
    1,230 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Unicef House Public space
    710 feet
  2. Public space at East River Realty North Public space
    760 feet
  3. Public space at International Plaza Public space
    1,030 feet
Show all 7
  1. Public space at Churchill Public space
    1,160 feet
  2. Public space at Lausanne Public space
    1,200 feet
  3. Public space at New York Tower Public space
    1,230 feet
  4. Public space at Marlborough Public space
    1,270 feet

Health care

  1. Vnsny Hospice and Palliative Care Nursing home or hospice
    1,120 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Peace Form One Sculpture Monument or memorial
    270 feet
  2. Tudor City Historic District Listed historic place
    360 feet
  3. Daily News Building Listed historic place
    1,130 feet
Show all 4
  1. Raoul Wallenberg Monument Monument or memorial
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Church of the Covenant Landmark
    590 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    980 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    1,260 feet
  2. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  3. D'Agostino Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and three food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 1st Avenue, East 42nd Street or FDR Drive.

Sources: NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.