1st Avenue & East 66th Street

The four-way crossing of 1st Avenue and East 66th Street is in Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 23 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. St John Neplmucene Church is 140 feet away. The nearest subway, 72 St, is about six minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 32 public places, six of them day care or pre-K sites, and 73 places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
23 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
72 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
220 feet
1 Av/E 67 St · M15
Within a walk
32 places
6 day care or pre-K sites, 6 schools and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
1st Avenue & East 66th 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 six minutes on foot.

  • 3 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
  2. 68 St-Hunter College 6
    0.5 miles
    6

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 67 St, 220 feet away, for the M15.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 1 Av/E 67 St M15
    220 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.

  • 89 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
    440 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at East 70th Street, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1855 1st Avenue Gas station
    1.5 miles
  2. 301 East 66th Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    670 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 23 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 7 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, August 2015
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2020

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
44 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 5,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 66 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2019 and August 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 1st Avenue

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-7PM
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • 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 parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM

North side of East 66th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-6PM

South side of East 66th Street

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 101335, 102347 and 102388.

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 1900 and 1906.

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 public places.

  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 6 schools
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 public spaces
  • 3 hospitals
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 183 Robert L. Stevenson School
    360 feet
  2. Super Stars Tennis Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    420 feet
  3. Rockefeller University College
    780 feet
Show all 14
  1. District 2 Pre-K Center at 403 East 65th Street Pre-K center
    510 feet
  2. Louis V Gerstner Grad Sch College
    780 feet
  3. Rockefeller Child and Family Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    780 feet
  4. Ella Baker School
    890 feet
  5. Manhattan International High School
    890 feet
  6. Talent Unlimited High School
    890 feet
  7. Urban Academy Laboratory High School
    890 feet
  8. Vanguard High School
    890 feet
  9. Vivvi Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    970 feet
  10. Vivvi 7 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,070 feet
  11. Bright Horizons at East 64th. Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. Catherine's Park
    310 feet
  2. St. Catherine's Park Playground
    350 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 265 East 66th Street Public space
    990 feet
  2. Public space at Rio Public space
    1,040 feet
  3. Public space at Kingsley Public space
    1,040 feet
Show all 4
  1. Public space at 254 East 68th Street Public space
    1,180 feet

Health care

  1. Rockefeller University Hospital
    780 feet
  2. Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases Hospital
    780 feet
  3. New York-Presbyterian David H. Koch Center Hospital
    1,190 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 67th Street Library
    680 feet
  2. City & Suburban Homes Company's First Avenue Estate Historic Dist Listed historic place
    750 feet
  3. Rowhouses at 322-344 East 69th Street Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St John Neplmucene Church House of worship
    140 feet
  2. St Catherine Siena Church House of worship
    660 feet
  3. First Hungarian Reformed Church of NY Landmark · listed historic place
    900 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 343 East 70th Street Older adult center
    1,260 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    520 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 73 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 66th 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.