1st Avenue & East 63rd Street

The four-way crossing of 1st Avenue and East 63rd Street is in Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 34 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Mount Vernon Hotel Museum is 820 feet away, and St. Catherine's Park is 1,100 feet away. The nearest subway, Lexington Av/63 St, is about five minutes on foot, and eight subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, seven of them day care or pre-K sites, and 62 places to eat.

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

Map

Layers
1st Avenue & East 63rd 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 five 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
    0.4 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, 200 feet away, for the M15.

  • 17 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 1 Av/E 62 St M15
    200 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.

  • 81 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at FDR Drive & East 63rd Street, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1855 1st Avenue Gas station
    1.7 miles
  2. 301 East 66th Street Charging for electric cars, four 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 34 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 20 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 8 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

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 8,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 61 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 46 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2014 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 1st Avenue

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

West side of 1st Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM SATURDAY 9AM-7PM

North side of East 63rd Street

  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING 7PM-MIDNIGHT ALL DAYS
  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 63rd Street

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING 7PM-MIDNIGHT ALL DAYS
  • Truck loading only 4 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 101020, 102654 and 103650.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and 20 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Beaux-Arts. They were mostly built between 1899 and 1906.

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 7 day care or pre-K sites
  • 6 parks
  • 4 public spaces
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Lenox Hill Kids Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    640 feet
  2. Super Stars Tennis Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    680 feet
  3. District 2 Pre-K Center at 403 East 65th Street Pre-K center
    770 feet
Show all 9
  1. Weill Cornell Children's Center at East 62nd Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    850 feet
  2. Bright Horizons at East 64th. Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    900 feet
  3. Bright Horizons Children's Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    960 feet
  4. Rockefeller Child and Family Center Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,020 feet
  5. P.S. 183 Robert L. Stevenson School
    1,140 feet
  6. East Side Elementary School, PS 267 School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. Catherine's Park
    1,100 feet
  2. St. Catherine's Park Playground
    1,140 feet
  3. Honey Locust Park
    1,150 feet
Show all 8
  1. Queensboro Oval Park
    1,180 feet
  2. East River Walk Park
    1,220 feet
  3. Andrew Haswell Green Park
    1,270 feet
  4. Twenty-Four Sycamores Park
    1,280 feet
  5. Twenty-Four Sycamores Park Playground
    1,300 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Bridge Tower Place Public space
    770 feet
  2. Public space at Paladin Public space
    990 feet
  3. Public space at Evansview Public space
    1,210 feet
Show all 4
  1. Public space at Rio Public space
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. City & Suburban Homes Company's First Avenue Estate Historic Dist Listed historic place
    750 feet
  2. Mount Vernon Hotel Museum Landmark · listed historic place
    820 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St John Neplmucene Church House of worship
    880 feet
  2. Our Lady of Peace Church House of worship
    1,060 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    340 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    940 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    620 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    1,070 feet
  3. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 62 places to eat and seven food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 1st Avenue or East 63rd Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.