1st Avenue & East 60th Street

The five-way junction of 1st Avenue and East 60th Street is in Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 38 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Queensboro Oval is 400 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 20 public places, six of them parks, and 70 places to eat.

Safety record
19 hurt
38 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
60 feet
1 Av/E 60 St · M15
Within a walk
20 places
8 public spaces, 6 parks and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
1st Avenue & East 60th 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
  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/63 St M, Q
    0.4 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, 60 feet away, for the M15.

  • 34 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 1 Av/E 60 St M15
    60 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, East 60th Street and Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge Bike Path.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 1 Ave & E 62 St 45 docks in all
    430 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive northbound at FDR Drive & East 62nd Street, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1855 1st Avenue Gas station
    1.8 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 38 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 19 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 6 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2000

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10022
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 8
City Council district
5
Police precinct
19
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island

The streets

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

Homes

About 6,000 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 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 40 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2021 and December 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 1st Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 4 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-2PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM 2PM-7PM

West side of 1st Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of East 60th Street

  • Bus layover only 3 signs MTA BUS LAYOVER ONLY NO ENGINE IDLING MAX FINE $2000
  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 60th Street

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 7 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 102989 and 105282.

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

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Bright Horizons Children's Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    180 feet
  2. Weill Cornell Children's Center at East 62nd Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,110 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Honey Locust Park
    370 feet
  2. Queensboro Oval Park
    400 feet
  3. Twenty-Four Sycamores Park
    770 feet
Show all 7
  1. Twenty-Four Sycamores Park Playground
    800 feet
  2. Tramway Plaza
    800 feet
  3. Andrew Haswell Green Park
    1,010 feet
  4. East River Walk Park
    1,220 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Bridge Tower Place Public space
    360 feet
  2. Public space at Grand Sutton Public space
    600 feet
  3. Public space at Evansview Public space
    770 feet
Show all 8
  1. Public space at Sovereign Public space
    820 feet
  2. Public space at New Yorker East Public space
    830 feet
  3. Public space at Morrison Public space
    930 feet
  4. Public space at Landmark Public space
    1,050 feet
  5. Public space at Paladin Public space
    1,260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Mount Vernon Hotel Museum Landmark · listed historic place
    660 feet
  2. Houses at 311 and 313 East 58th Street Listed historic place
    1,010 feet

Houses of worship

  1. All Saints Episcopal Church House of worship
    1,070 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    940 feet
  2. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,120 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    290 feet
  2. Morton Williams Supermarket
    1,010 feet
  3. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    730 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 70 places to eat and 11 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 1st Avenue, East 60th Street or Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge Bike Path.

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