1st Avenue & East 49th Street

The four-way crossing of 1st Avenue and East 49th Street is in East Midtown-Turtle Bay, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 44 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. MacArthur Playground is 510 feet away. The nearest subway, Lexington Av/51-53 Sts, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 6, E and F. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, two of them listed historic places, and 49 places to eat. A bus lane runs along 1st Avenue, all day.

Safety record
33 hurt
44 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Lexington Av/51-53 Sts
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · 6, E, F
Nearest bus stop
90 feet
E 49 St/1 Av · M50
Within a walk
20 places
7 public spaces, 2 listed historic places and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
1st Avenue & East 49th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Lexington Av/51-53 Sts, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. Lexington Av/51-53 Sts 6, E, F
    0.4 miles
    6 E F

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. 6 …
Downtown
3 lines
  1. 6 …
  2. E …
  3. F …
Queens
2 lines
  1. E …
  2. F …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Passing Through” (2004) by Al Held at the Lexington Av/51-53 Sts station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 49 St/1 Av, 90 feet away, for the M50.

  • 18 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 49 St/1 Av M50
    90 feet
    M50

Next buses at this stop

  1. M50 …

Live arrivals

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

Cycling

  • 52 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 51 St & 1 Ave 35 docks in all
    580 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at 1st Avenue, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

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

  • 33 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 14 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, October 2018

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
23 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 5,900 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 1931 and 1965.

Since 2014 at least 9 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 37 signs on these blocks
  • 15 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2014 and November 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 1st Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY CONSUL & DIPLOMAT LICENSE PLATES 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY DELIVERY DECAL REQUIRED
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY CONSUL-C DIPLOMAT-A & D LICENSE PLATES D/S DECALS ONLY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 1st Avenue

  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of East 49th Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY CONSUL-C DIPLOMAT-A & D LICENSE PLATES D/S DECALS ONLY
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING 7AM-MIDNIGHT ALL DAYS
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of East 49th Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY CONSUL & DIPLOMAT LICENSE PLATES 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY DELIVERY DECAL REQUIRED
  • 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 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

Landmarks and historic districts

Three buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Art Deco, Modernism (late) and Modernist, one each, and built between 1865 and 1971.

  1. Panhellenic Tower (now Beekman Tower Hotel) Designated landmark
    140 feet
  2. Japan Society Headquarters Designated landmark
    510 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 public spaces
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 parks
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Business English Alliance Trade or language school
    800 feet
  2. Family School
    840 feet
  3. Children's Academy School
    850 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. MacArthur Playground
    510 feet
  2. Dag Hammarskjold Plaza
    620 feet
  3. Peter Detmold Park
    650 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 100 United Nations Plaza Public space
    450 feet
  2. Public space at Trump World Tower Public space
    470 feet
  3. Public space at Libya House Public space
    710 feet
Show all 7
  1. Public space at Sterling Plaza Public space
    940 feet
  2. Public space at 1 Dag Hammarskjold Plaza Public space
    1,180 feet
  3. Public space at Lausanne Public space
    1,250 feet
  4. Public space at Belmont Public space
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Raoul Wallenberg Monument Monument or memorial
    600 feet
  2. Public School 35 Listed historic place
    680 feet
  3. Turtle Bay Gardens Historic District Listed historic place
    1,150 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Japan Society Arts or cultural center
    850 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Holy Family Church House of worship
    640 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Recreation Center 54 Recreation center
    1,310 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    960 feet
  2. D'Agostino Supermarket
    1,090 feet

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 49 places to eat and eight food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 1st Avenue or East 49th 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.