1st Avenue & East 62nd Street

The four-way crossing of 1st Avenue and East 62nd Street is in Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 72 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection. In 2025, 6,486 bus-lane camera tickets were recorded here. In 2026, 2,901 red-light camera tickets were recorded here through July 26. Queensboro Oval is 930 feet away. The nearest subway, Lexington Av/63 St, is about six minutes on foot, for the M and Q.

Safety record
32 hurt
72 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Lexington Av/63 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · M, Q
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
1 Av/E 62 St · M15
Within a walk
21 places
7 day care or pre-K sites, 4 parks and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
1st Avenue & East 62nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Lexington Av/63 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 8 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lexington Av/63 St M, Q
    0.3 miles
    M Q

Next trains at this station

Uptown & Queens
2 lines
  1. M …
  2. Q …
Downtown
2 lines
  1. M …
  2. Q …

Also within a walk

  1. Lexington Av/59 St 4, 5, 6, N, R, W
    0.4 miles
    4 5 6 N R W
  2. 72 St Q
    0.5 miles
    Q

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Elevated” (2017) by Jean Shin at the Lexington Av/63 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 1 Av/E 62 St, 70 feet away, for the M15.

  • 21 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 1 Av/E 62 St M15
    70 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 62nd Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive northbound at FDR Drive & East 62nd Street, 940 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 1855 1st Avenue Gas station
    1.7 miles
  2. 500 East 63rd Street Charging for electric cars, 25 Level 2 chargers
    1,210 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 72 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 32 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 11 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection, a designation it applies to corners selected for attention on their injury record. It is not a record of work done.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2012

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 2,901 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner.

Red-light camera tickets by the direction of travel written on the ticket
Direction on the ticket2026 so far
Eastbound on East 62nd Street2,751
Northbound on 1st Avenue150
Total2,901

In 2025, 6,486 bus-lane camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 30th most of the 174 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 3, 5,175 more were issued.

Every corner with red-light camera tickets · Every corner with bus-lane camera tickets

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
45 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 6,500 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 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2021 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 1st Avenue

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-7PM
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs 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

North side of East 62nd Street

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING 7AM-10AM 3PM-8PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No stopping 5 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 4 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 10AM-3PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of East 62nd Street

  • No standing 9 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 101020 and 102654.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 16 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Beaux-Arts. They were mostly built between 1898 and 1903.

  1. City and Suburban Homes Company, First Avenue Estate Designated landmark
    590 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 7 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 parks
  • 4 public spaces
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Weill Cornell Children's Center at East 62nd Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    590 feet
  2. Bright Horizons Children's Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    700 feet
  3. Lenox Hill Kids Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    910 feet
Show all 7
  1. Super Stars Tennis Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    940 feet
  2. District 2 Pre-K Center at 403 East 65th Street Pre-K center
    1,030 feet
  3. Bright Horizons at East 64th. Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,160 feet
  4. Rockefeller Child and Family Center Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Honey Locust Park
    890 feet
  2. Queensboro Oval Park
    930 feet
  3. Twenty-Four Sycamores Park
    1,020 feet
Show all 5
  1. Twenty-Four Sycamores Park Playground
    1,040 feet
  2. Andrew Haswell Green Park
    1,260 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Bridge Tower Place Public space
    510 feet
  2. Public space at Paladin Public space
    730 feet
  3. Public space at Evansview Public space
    950 feet
Show all 4
  1. Public space at Grand Sutton Public space
    1,130 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Mount Vernon Hotel Museum Landmark · listed historic place
    580 feet
  2. City & Suburban Homes Company's First Avenue Estate Historic Dist Listed historic place
    1,010 feet
  3. Treadwell Farm Historic District Listed historic place
    1,240 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of Peace Church House of worship
    990 feet
  2. St John Neplmucene Church House of worship
    1,140 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    600 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    820 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    810 feet
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    890 feet
  3. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,250 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 1st Avenue or East 62nd 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 Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.