1st Avenue & East 68th Street

The four-way crossing of 1st Avenue and East 68th Street is in Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 24 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. St Catherine Siena Church is 200 feet away. The nearest subway, 72 St, is about four minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 37 public places, eight of them day care or pre-K sites, and 69 places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
24 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
72 St
1,040 feet · 4 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
130 feet
E 68 St/1 Av · M66
Within a walk
37 places
8 day care or pre-K sites, 6 religious buildings and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
1st Avenue & East 68th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 72 St, 1,040 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 72 St Q
    1,040 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

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 68 St/1 Av, 130 feet away, for the M66.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 68 St/1 Av M66
    130 feet
    M66

Next buses at this stop

  1. M66 …

Live arrivals

A bus lane runs along 1st Avenue, all day on weekdays.

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 1st Avenue.

  • 98 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 1 Ave & E 68 St 63 docks in all
    120 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
    1.4 miles
  2. 265 East 66th Street Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 24 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 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, April 2018
  • Turn calming, November 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
52 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 5,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 94 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 44 signs on these blocks
  • 14 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

  • 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 standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-9AM

West side of 1st Avenue

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

North side of East 68th Street

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 102892, 104096 and 106407.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Secessionist, and built between 1915 and 1916.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 37 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Louis V Gerstner Grad Sch College
    520 feet
  2. Ella Baker School
    610 feet
  3. Manhattan International High School
    610 feet
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  1. Talent Unlimited High School
    610 feet
  2. Urban Academy Laboratory High School
    610 feet
  3. Vanguard High School
    610 feet
  4. Lenox Hill Neighborhood House Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    840 feet
  5. Bright Horizons Children's Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    840 feet
  6. The William Woodward Jr. Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    840 feet
  7. P.S. 183 Robert L. Stevenson School
    880 feet
  8. Super Stars Tennis Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    940 feet
  9. Vivvi 7 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    950 feet
  10. District 2 Pre-K Center at 403 East 65th Street Pre-K center
    1,030 feet
  11. Vivvi Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,050 feet
  12. Cornell Univ Medical Campus College
    1,110 feet
  13. Rockefeller University College
    1,290 feet
  14. Rockefeller Child and Family Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,300 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
    520 feet
  2. Public space at Windsor Public space
    820 feet
  3. Public space at 254 East 68th Street Public space
    1,000 feet
Show all 5
  1. Public space at 265 East 66th Street Public space
    1,240 feet
  2. Public space at Oxford Public space
    1,290 feet

Health care

  1. Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases Hospital
    520 feet
  2. New York-Presbyterian David H. Koch Center Hospital
    670 feet
  3. Rockefeller University Hospital
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

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

Houses of worship

  1. St Catherine Siena Church House of worship
    200 feet
  2. First Hungarian Reformed Church of NY Landmark · listed historic place
    380 feet
  3. St John Neplmucene Church House of worship
    460 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    990 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    990 feet
  3. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,040 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    770 feet
  2. Morton Williams Supermarket
    870 feet
  3. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,270 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  3. Duane Reade 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 69 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 1st Avenue or East 68th 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, NYCHA, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.