1st Avenue & East 67th Street

The four-way crossing of 1st Avenue and East 67th Street is in Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 21 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. St. Catherine's Park is 60 feet away, and the 67th Street Library is 420 feet away. The nearest subway, 72 St, is about five minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 36 public places, nine of them day care or pre-K sites, and 72 places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
21 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
72 St
1,300 feet · 5 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
1 Av/E 67 St · M15
Within a walk
36 places
9 day care or pre-K sites, 6 schools and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
1st Avenue & East 67th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 72 St, 1,300 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 72 St Q
    1,300 feet
    Q

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 68 St-Hunter College 6
    0.4 miles
    6
  2. Lexington Av/63 St M, Q
    0.5 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 67 St, 60 feet away, for the M15.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 1 Av/E 67 St M15
    60 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.

  • 96 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 1 Ave & E 68 St 63 docks in all
    180 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at East 70th Street, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1855 1st Avenue Gas station
    1.5 miles
  2. 265 East 66th Street Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers
    1,010 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 21 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 7 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, August 2015
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, February 2021

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
47 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 5,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 93 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2015 and July 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 1st Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-9AM

West side of 1st Avenue

  • 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
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of East 67th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of East 67th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 102347, 102348 and 103094.

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 1899 and 1906.

  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 36 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Louis V Gerstner Grad Sch College
    520 feet
  2. P.S. 183 Robert L. Stevenson School
    620 feet
  3. Ella Baker School
    620 feet
Show all 17
  1. Manhattan International High School
    620 feet
  2. Talent Unlimited High School
    620 feet
  3. Urban Academy Laboratory High School
    620 feet
  4. Vanguard High School
    620 feet
  5. Super Stars Tennis Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    680 feet
  6. District 2 Pre-K Center at 403 East 65th Street Pre-K center
    770 feet
  7. Vivvi Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    790 feet
  8. Vivvi 7 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    810 feet
  9. Rockefeller University College
    1,030 feet
  10. Rockefeller Child and Family Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,040 feet
  11. Lenox Hill Neighborhood House Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,100 feet
  12. Bright Horizons Children's Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,100 feet
  13. The William Woodward Jr. Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,100 feet
  14. New York Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. Catherine's Park
    60 feet
  2. St. Catherine's Park Playground
    90 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Kingsley Public space
    780 feet
  2. Public space at 254 East 68th Street Public space
    920 feet
  3. Public space at 265 East 66th Street Public space
    980 feet
Show all 5
  1. Public space at Windsor Public space
    1,080 feet
  2. Public space at Rio Public space
    1,300 feet

Health care

  1. Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases Hospital
    520 feet
  2. New York-Presbyterian David H. Koch Center Hospital
    930 feet
  3. Rockefeller University Hospital
    1,030 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 67th Street Library
    420 feet
  2. City & Suburban Homes Company's First Avenue Estate Historic Dist Listed historic place
    1,010 feet
  3. Rowhouses at 322-344 East 69th Street Listed historic place
    1,010 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St John Neplmucene Church House of worship
    220 feet
  2. St Catherine Siena Church House of worship
    400 feet
  3. First Hungarian Reformed Church of NY Landmark · listed historic place
    640 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 343 East 70th Street Older adult center
    1,000 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    780 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,250 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    510 feet
  2. Morton Williams Supermarket
    1,130 feet
  3. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 72 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 1st Avenue or East 67th 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.