1st Avenue & East 46th Street

The four-way crossing of 1st Avenue and East 46th Street is in East Midtown-Turtle Bay, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Manhattan corner. Dag Hammarskjold Plaza is 160 feet away, and Robert Moses Playground is 1,160 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 1 Av/E 45 St, is 280 feet away for the M15, and 21 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, three of them parks, and 26 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
FDR Drive
510 feet by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
280 feet
1 Av/E 45 St · M15
Within a walk
23 places
10 public spaces, 3 parks and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
1st Avenue & East 46th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 1 Av/E 45 St, 280 feet away, for the M15.

  • 21 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 1 Av/E 45 St M15 · Shelter
    280 feet
    M15
    Shelter

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.

  • 24 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 47 St & 1 Ave 70 docks in all
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive northbound at 1st Avenue, 510 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 720 11th Avenue Gas station
    1.9 miles
  2. 449 East 49th Street Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  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 ten crashes at this corner, the median for a Manhattan corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2018
  • Turn calming, December 2019

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)
East Midtown-Turtle Bay
Elevation
32 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 65 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2020 and August 2023, 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 7 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of East 46th Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 3 signs AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY CONSUL-C DIPLOMAT-A & D LICENSE PLATES D/S DECALS ONLY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-7PM

South side of East 46th Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 4 signs AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY CONSUL-C DIPLOMAT-A & D LICENSE PLATES D/S DECALS ONLY
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 4 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-7PM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and five buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as International Style and Tudor Revival. They were mostly built between 1927 and 1930.

  1. Japan Society Headquarters Designated landmark
    430 feet
  2. Beaux-Arts Apartments Designated landmark
    680 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Ralph Bunche Park.

  1. The Isaiah Wall Memorial wall, 1948
    770 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 10 public spaces
  • 3 parks
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 monuments or memorials
  • 2 schools
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Aaron School (K-7) School
    680 feet
  2. Family School
    690 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dag Hammarskjold Plaza
    160 feet
  2. Ralph Bunche Park
    860 feet
  3. MacArthur Playground
    1,040 feet
Show all 6
  1. Robert Moses Playground
    1,160 feet
  2. Trygve Lie Plaza
    1,160 feet
  3. Mary O'Connor Playground
    1,270 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Lausanne Public space
    470 feet
  2. Public space at Belmont Public space
    520 feet
  3. Public space at Trump World Tower Public space
    520 feet
Show all 10
  1. Public space at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza Public space
    760 feet
  2. Public space at Unicef House Public space
    840 feet
  3. Public space at 100 United Nations Plaza Public space
    890 feet
  4. Public space at Delegate Public space
    980 feet
  5. Public space at Dag Hammarskjold Tower Public space
    1,020 feet
  6. Public space at Libya House Public space
    1,130 feet
  7. Public space at 1 Dag Hammarskjold Plaza Public space
    1,230 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Raoul Wallenberg Monument Monument or memorial
    180 feet
  2. Peace Form One Sculpture Monument or memorial
    850 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Japan Society Arts or cultural center
    510 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Holy Family Church House of worship
    550 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Grand Central YMCA Recreation center
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. D'Agostino Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 places to eat and eight food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 1st Avenue or East 46th 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.