1st Avenue & East 47th Street

The four-way crossing of 1st Avenue and East 47th Street is in United Nations, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 23 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Raoul Wallenberg Monument is 40 feet away, and Japan Society Headquarters stands 290 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 1 Av/E 45 St, is 500 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 30 places to eat. A bus lane runs along 1st Avenue, all day.

Safety record
17 hurt
23 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
FDR Drive
0.4 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
500 feet
1 Av/E 45 St · M15
Within a walk
23 places
10 public spaces, 3 parks and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
1st Avenue & East 47th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 1 Av/E 45 St, 500 feet away, for the M15.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M15 …

Live arrivals

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

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive northbound at 1st Avenue, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 720 11th Avenue Gas station
    1.9 miles
  2. 351 East 51st Street Charging for electric cars, ten 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 23 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 15 people injured
  • 2 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 9 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2016

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)
United Nations

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • 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 68 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2020 and March 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 1st Avenue

  • No stopping 6 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of 1st Avenue

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of East 47th Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 3 signs AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY CONSUL-C DIPLOMAT-A & D LICENSE PLATES D/S DECALS ONLY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • NYP plates only 1 sign NYP LICENSE PLATES ONLY
  • Taxi stand 1 sign TAXI STAND

South side of East 47th Street

  • Farmers market 5 signs FARMERS MARKET ONLY WEDNESDAY 6AM-6PM OTHER TIMES NO STANDING
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Art Deco and Modernism (late), one each, and built between 1927 and 1971.

  1. Japan Society Headquarters Designated landmark
    290 feet
  2. Panhellenic Tower (now Beekman Tower Hotel) Designated landmark
    670 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
  • 2 monuments or memorials
  • 2 schools
  • 1 arts or cultural center
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Family School
    470 feet
  2. Aaron School (K-7) School
    900 feet
  3. Young Men's Christian Association of Greater New York Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dag Hammarskjold Plaza
    70 feet
  2. MacArthur Playground
    820 feet
  3. Ralph Bunche Park
    1,080 feet
Show all 4
  1. Peter Detmold Park
    1,170 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Trump World Tower Public space
    310 feet
  2. Public space at 100 United Nations Plaza Public space
    670 feet
  3. Public space at Lausanne Public space
    690 feet
Show all 10
  1. Public space at Belmont Public space
    730 feet
  2. Public space at Dag Hammarskjold Tower Public space
    900 feet
  3. Public space at Libya House Public space
    910 feet
  4. Public space at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza Public space
    980 feet
  5. Public space at 1 Dag Hammarskjold Plaza Public space
    1,010 feet
  6. Public space at Unicef House Public space
    1,060 feet
  7. Public space at Delegate Public space
    1,200 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Raoul Wallenberg Monument Monument or memorial
    40 feet
  2. Peace Form One Sculpture Monument or memorial
    1,070 feet
  3. Public School 35 Listed historic place
    1,240 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Japan Society Arts or cultural center
    290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Holy Family Church House of worship
    390 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Grand Central YMCA Recreation center
    1,080 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    1,100 feet
  2. D'Agostino Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.5 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 30 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 47th Street.

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 Parks, NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.