1st Avenue & East 61st Street

The four-way crossing of 1st Avenue and East 61st Street is in Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 46 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Mount Vernon Hotel Museum 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 26 public places, six of them day care or pre-K sites, and 67 places to eat.

Safety record
20 hurt
46 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
310 feet
1 Av/E 60 St · M15
Within a walk
26 places
8 public spaces, 6 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
1st Avenue & East 61st 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, 310 feet away, for the M15.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M15 …

Live arrivals

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

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 1st Avenue and East 61st Street.

  • 53 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
    170 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive northbound at FDR Drive & East 62nd Street, 1,200 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 1855 1st Avenue Gas station
    1.8 miles
  2. 500 East 63rd Street Charging for electric cars, 25 Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 46 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 20 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 10 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, November 2015

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10065
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 8
City Council district
5
Police precinct
19
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island
Elevation
43 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 5,700 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 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 51 signs on these blocks
  • 19 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2021 and May 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 3 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Saturday 10am to 4pm on East 61st Street (south side).

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 parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM 2PM-7PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-9AM

West side of 1st Avenue

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

North side of East 61st Street

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING 7AM-10AM 3PM-8PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 102989, 102990 and 105282.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Federal, and built in 1799.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 8 public spaces
  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 5 parks
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bright Horizons Children's Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    440 feet
  2. Weill Cornell Children's Center at East 62nd Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    850 feet
  3. Bridge Community Playschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,100 feet
Show all 6
  1. Lenox Hill Kids Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,170 feet
  2. Super Stars Tennis Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,200 feet
  3. District 2 Pre-K Center at 403 East 65th Street Pre-K center
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Honey Locust Park
    630 feet
  2. Queensboro Oval Park
    660 feet
  3. Twenty-Four Sycamores Park
    770 feet
Show all 6
  1. Twenty-Four Sycamores Park Playground
    780 feet
  2. Andrew Haswell Green Park
    1,000 feet
  3. Tramway Plaza
    1,060 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Bridge Tower Place Public space
    240 feet
  2. Public space at Evansview Public space
    690 feet
  3. Public space at Grand Sutton Public space
    870 feet
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  1. Public space at Paladin Public space
    1,000 feet
  2. Public space at Sovereign Public space
    1,080 feet
  3. Public space at New Yorker East Public space
    1,090 feet
  4. Public space at Morrison Public space
    1,190 feet
  5. Public space at Landmark Public space
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Mount Vernon Hotel Museum Landmark · listed historic place
    400 feet
  2. Treadwell Farm Historic District Listed historic place
    1,220 feet
  3. City & Suburban Homes Company's First Avenue Estate Historic Dist Listed historic place
    1,270 feet
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  1. Houses at 311 and 313 East 58th Street Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of Peace Church House of worship
    1,150 feet
  2. All Saints Episcopal Church House of worship
    1,200 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    860 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,090 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    550 feet
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    1,150 feet
  3. Morton Williams Supermarket
    1,270 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    990 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 67 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 1st Avenue or East 61st 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.