1st Avenue & East 59th Street

The four-way crossing of 1st Avenue and East 59th Street is in Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 29 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Honey Locust Park is 230 feet away. The nearest subway, Lexington Av/59 St, is about six minutes on foot, and eight subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, seven of them parks, and 70 places to eat.

Safety record
20 hurt
29 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Lexington Av/59 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 4, 5, 6, N, R, W
Nearest bus stop
230 feet
1 Av/E 60 St · M15
Within a walk
22 places
8 public spaces, 7 parks and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
1st Avenue & East 59th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Lexington Av/59 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six 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
    0.3 miles
    4 5 6 N R W

Next trains at this station

Uptown
3 lines
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  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/63 St M, Q
    0.5 miles
    M Q

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 1 Av/E 60 St, 230 feet away, for the M15.

  • 49 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 1 Av/E 60 St M15
    230 feet
    M15

Next buses at this stop

  1. M15 …

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 and East 59th Street.

  • 47 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 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
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at 1st Avenue, 110 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 1855 1st Avenue Gas station
    1.9 miles
  2. 420 East 61st Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 29 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 20 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 7 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, April 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10022
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 6
City Council district
5
Police precinct
17 and 19 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island
Elevation
52 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 6,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 20 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 39 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2017 and July 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 1st Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-2PM
  • No standing 4 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 standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of East 59th Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 6 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of East 59th Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY HUMANE SOCIETY OFNEW YORK
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 105308.

Landmarks and historic districts

Three buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Vernacular, and built between 1799 and 1857.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

  • 8 public spaces
  • 7 parks
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 museum
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bright Horizons Children's Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    430 feet
  2. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,130 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Honey Locust Park
    230 feet
  2. Queensboro Oval Park
    420 feet
  3. Tramway Plaza
    810 feet
Show all 8
  1. Andrew Haswell Green Park
    990 feet
  2. East River Walk Park
    990 feet
  3. Twenty-Four Sycamores Park
    1,020 feet
  4. Twenty-Four Sycamores Park Playground
    1,050 feet
  5. Sutton Parks Park
    1,180 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Grand Sutton Public space
    350 feet
  2. Public space at Sovereign Public space
    570 feet
  3. Public space at New Yorker East Public space
    580 feet
Show all 8
  1. Public space at Bridge Tower Place Public space
    620 feet
  2. Public space at Morrison Public space
    680 feet
  3. Public space at Landmark Public space
    790 feet
  4. Public space at Evansview Public space
    1,000 feet
  5. Public space at Plaza 400 Public space
    1,130 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Houses at 311 and 313 East 58th Street Listed historic place
    760 feet
  2. Mount Vernon Hotel Museum Landmark · listed historic place
    920 feet
  3. Sutton Place Historic District Listed historic place
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. All Saints Episcopal Church House of worship
    1,130 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    680 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    230 feet
  2. Morton Williams Supermarket
    750 feet
  3. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    480 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 70 places to eat and 15 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 1st Avenue or East 59th 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.