1st Avenue & East 57th Street

The four-way crossing of 1st Avenue and East 57th Street is in East Midtown-Turtle Bay, Manhattan, and is also named Jimmy Neary Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 31 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. In 2025, 538 bus-lane camera tickets were recorded here. Honey Locust Park is 780 feet away. The nearest subway, Lexington Av/59 St, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 4, 5, 6 and three more. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places and 58 places to eat.

Safety record
19 hurt
31 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Lexington Av/59 St
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · 4, 5, 6, N, R, W
Nearest bus stop
140 feet
E 57 St/1 Av · M31, M57
Within a walk
26 places
10 public spaces, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
1st Avenue & East 57th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Lexington Av/59 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 6 lines at the nearest station
  • 8 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lexington Av/59 St 4, 5, 6, N, R, W
    0.4 miles
    4 5 6 N R W

Next trains at this station

Uptown
3 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. 5 …
  3. 6 …
Downtown
6 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. 5 …
  3. 6 …
  4. N …
  5. R …
  6. W …
Queens
3 lines
  1. N …
  2. R …
  3. W …

Also within a walk

  1. Lexington Av/51-53 Sts 6, E, F
    0.5 miles
    6 E F

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Blooming” (1996) by Elizabeth Murray at the Lexington Av/59 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 57 St/1 Av, 140 feet away, for the M31 and M57.

  • 48 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 57 St/1 Av M31, M57
    140 feet
    M31 M57

Next buses at this stop

  1. M31 …
  2. M57 …

Live arrivals

A bus lane runs along 1st Avenue, 7am to 10am and 2pm to 7pm on weekdays.

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 1st Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 58 St & 1 Ave (NE Corner) 29 docks in all
    330 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at 1st Avenue, 660 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 1855 1st Avenue Gas station
    2 miles
  2. 25 Sutton Place South Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1,090 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 31 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 18 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 7 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 1979
  • Safety Improvement Project, 2009
  • Turn calming, April 2025

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 538 bus-lane camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 135th most of the 174 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 3, 32 more were issued.

Every corner with bus-lane camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10022
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 6
City Council district
4
Police precinct
17
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Midtown-Turtle Bay
Elevation
52 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Jimmy Neary Way, a co-naming enacted on August 14, 2022 (Local Law 81 of 2022).

The streets

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

Homes

About 8,200 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 1969.

Trees

NYC Parks records 47 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Jimmy Neary Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 36 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2016 and September 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 1st Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM 2PM-7PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-2PM

West side of 1st Avenue

  • No stopping 3 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of East 57th Street

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 3PM-8PM
  • Truck loading only 4 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-3PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 5 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

South side of East 57th Street

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM
  • Truck loading only 4 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Vernacular, and built between 1856 and 1857.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.

  • 10 public spaces
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 5 parks
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 schools
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    580 feet
  2. The Montessori School of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    930 feet
  3. Bright Horizons Children's Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    980 feet
Show all 7
  1. District 2 Pre-K Center at 252 East 57 Street Pre-K center
    1,000 feet
  2. Super Stars Tennis Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,080 feet
  3. Art and Design High School
    1,150 feet
  4. P.S. 059 Beekman Hill International School
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Honey Locust Park
    780 feet
  2. Sutton Parks Park
    860 feet
  3. Sutton Place Park
    910 feet
Show all 5
  1. Queensboro Oval Park
    970 feet
  2. East River Walk Park
    1,280 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Morrison Public space
    130 feet
  2. Public space at New Yorker East Public space
    370 feet
  3. Public space at Plaza 400 Public space
    580 feet
Show all 10
  1. Public space at Grand Sutton Public space
    740 feet
  2. Public space at Sovereign Public space
    870 feet
  3. Public space at Revere Public space
    940 feet
  4. Public space at St. James Tower Public space
    1,050 feet
  5. Public space at Landmark Public space
    1,060 feet
  6. Public space at Bridge Tower Place Public space
    1,160 feet
  7. Public space at River Tower Public space
    1,240 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Houses at 311 and 313 East 58th Street Listed historic place
    890 feet
  2. Sutton Place Historic District Listed historic place
    1,020 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Or Olam E 55 St Conservative Synagogue House of worship
    1,160 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Recreation Center 54 Recreation center
    920 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    140 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    670 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    830 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    210 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    770 feet
  3. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    1,010 feet

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 58 places to eat and 16 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 1st Avenue or East 57th 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 Records, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.