1st Avenue & East 64th Street

The four-way crossing of 1st Avenue and East 64th Street is in Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. City and Suburban Homes Company, First Avenue Estate, one of three Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 110 feet away, and St Catherine Siena Church is 1,180 feet away. The nearest subway, Lexington Av/63 St, is about six minutes on foot, for the M and Q. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places and 57 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Lexington Av/63 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · M, Q
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
1 Av/E 64 St · M15
Within a walk
24 places
7 day care or pre-K sites, 4 public spaces and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
1st Avenue & East 64th 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. 72 St Q
    0.4 miles
    Q
  2. Lexington Av/59 St 4, 5, 6, N, R, W
    0.5 miles
    4 5 6 N R W

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 64 St, 100 feet away, for the M15.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 1 Av/E 64 St M15 · Shelter · Countdown sign
    100 feet
    M15
    Shelter · Countdown sign

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
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at FDR Drive & East 63rd Street, 1,260 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 1855 1st Avenue Gas station
    1.6 miles
  2. 301 East 66th Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1,190 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2018

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
41 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 7,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2023 and May 2026, 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 64th Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 3 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-7PM

South side of East 64th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 102009, 102010, 102628 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
    110 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Super Stars Tennis Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    420 feet
  2. District 2 Pre-K Center at 403 East 65th Street Pre-K center
    510 feet
  3. P.S. 183 Robert L. Stevenson School
    880 feet
Show all 10
  1. Bright Horizons at East 64th. Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    640 feet
  2. Rockefeller Child and Family Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    770 feet
  3. Lenox Hill Kids Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    910 feet
  4. Weill Cornell Children's Center at East 62nd Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,110 feet
  5. Bright Horizons Children's Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,220 feet
  6. Rockefeller University College
    1,270 feet
  7. Louis V Gerstner Grad Sch College
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. Catherine's Park
    840 feet
  2. St. Catherine's Park Playground
    870 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Rio Public space
    980 feet
  2. Public space at Bridge Tower Place Public space
    1,030 feet
  3. Public space at Concorde Public space
    1,090 feet
Show all 4
  1. Public space at Paladin Public space
    1,260 feet

Health care

  1. Rockefeller University Hospital
    1,270 feet
  2. Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases Hospital
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. City & Suburban Homes Company's First Avenue Estate Historic Dist Listed historic place
    490 feet
  2. Mount Vernon Hotel Museum Landmark · listed historic place
    1,080 feet
  3. 67th Street Library
    1,200 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St John Neplmucene Church House of worship
    620 feet
  2. St Catherine Siena Church House of worship
    1,180 feet
  3. Our Lady of Peace Church House of worship
    1,260 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    80 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 57 places to eat and seven food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 1st Avenue or East 64th 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.