1st Avenue & East 65th Street

The four-way crossing of 1st Avenue and East 65th Street is in Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. P.S. 183 Robert L. Stevenson is 620 feet away, and Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases is 1,050 feet away. The nearest subway, 72 St, is about seven minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 28 public places, six of them day care or pre-K sites, and 66 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
72 St
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
1 Av/E 64 St · M15
Within a walk
28 places
6 day care or pre-K sites, 6 schools and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
1st Avenue & East 65th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 72 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 72 St Q
    0.3 miles
    Q

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. Q …
Downtown
1 line
  1. Q …

Also within a walk

  1. Lexington Av/63 St M, Q
    0.4 miles
    M Q

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Perfect Strangers” (2017) by Vik Muniz at the 72 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 1 Av/E 64 St, 160 feet away, for the M15.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 1 Av/E 64 St M15 · Shelter · Countdown sign
    160 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.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 1 Ave & E 68 St 63 docks in all
    700 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
    1.6 miles
  2. 301 East 66th Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    930 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 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
42 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 7,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 67 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 37 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2023 and September 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 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of East 65th Street

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 65th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 101335 and 102010.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 19 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Beaux-Arts. They were mostly built between 1900 and 1906.

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 public places.

  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 6 schools
  • 5 public spaces
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 colleges
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Super Stars Tennis Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    160 feet
  2. P.S. 183 Robert L. Stevenson School
    620 feet
  3. Rockefeller University College
    1,010 feet
Show all 14
  1. District 2 Pre-K Center at 403 East 65th Street Pre-K center
    250 feet
  2. Bright Horizons at East 64th. Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    900 feet
  3. Rockefeller Child and Family Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    910 feet
  4. Louis V Gerstner Grad Sch College
    1,050 feet
  5. Ella Baker School
    1,150 feet
  6. Manhattan International High School
    1,150 feet
  7. Talent Unlimited High School
    1,150 feet
  8. Urban Academy Laboratory High School
    1,150 feet
  9. Vanguard High School
    1,150 feet
  10. Lenox Hill Kids Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,170 feet
  11. Vivvi Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. Catherine's Park
    580 feet
  2. St. Catherine's Park Playground
    610 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Rio Public space
    780 feet
  2. Public space at Concorde Public space
    1,130 feet
  3. Public space at 265 East 66th Street Public space
    1,250 feet
Show all 5
  1. Public space at Bridge Tower Place Public space
    1,290 feet
  2. Public space at Kingsley Public space
    1,300 feet

Health care

  1. Rockefeller University Hospital
    1,010 feet
  2. Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases Hospital
    1,050 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. City & Suburban Homes Company's First Avenue Estate Historic Dist Listed historic place
    490 feet
  2. 67th Street Library
    940 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St John Neplmucene Church House of worship
    360 feet
  2. St Catherine Siena Church House of worship
    920 feet
  3. First Hungarian Reformed Church of NY Listed historic place
    1,160 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    100 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
  3. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 66 places to eat and six food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 1st Avenue or East 65th 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.