1st Avenue & East 69th Street

The four-way crossing of 1st Avenue and East 69th Street is in Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 19 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. First Hungarian Reformed Church of NY is 310 feet away. The nearest subway, 72 St, is about three minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 35 public places, seven of them day care or pre-K sites, and 77 places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
19 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
72 St
780 feet · 3 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
370 feet
1 Av/E 70 St · M15
Within a walk
35 places
7 day care or pre-K sites, 6 religious buildings and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
1st Avenue & East 69th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 72 St, 780 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 72 St Q
    780 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 1 Av/E 70 St, 370 feet away, for the M15.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 1 Av/E 70 St M15 · Shelter · Countdown sign
    370 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.

  • 98 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at East 70th Street, 0.3 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
    2.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 19 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2018

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10021
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
46 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 6,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1931 and 1966.

Trees

NYC Parks records 73 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 50 signs on these blocks
  • 16 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2019 and February 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 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-7PM
  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No standing 4 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 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-1PM
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

North side of East 69th Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 69th Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 102370, 104024, 104096 and 106742.

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 35 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Lenox Hill Neighborhood House Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    570 feet
  2. Louis V Gerstner Grad Sch College
    780 feet
  3. Cornell Univ Medical Campus College
    850 feet
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  1. Bright Horizons Children's Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    580 feet
  2. The William Woodward Jr. Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    580 feet
  3. Ella Baker School
    870 feet
  4. Manhattan International High School
    870 feet
  5. Talent Unlimited High School
    870 feet
  6. Urban Academy Laboratory High School
    870 feet
  7. Vanguard High School
    870 feet
  8. P.S. 183 Robert L. Stevenson School
    1,140 feet
  9. Super Stars Tennis Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,200 feet
  10. Vivvi 7 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,210 feet
  11. District 2 Pre-K Center at 403 East 65th Street Pre-K center
    1,300 feet
  12. Vivvi Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,310 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 Kingsley Public space
    260 feet
  2. Public space at Windsor Public space
    560 feet
  3. Public space at Oxford Public space
    1,030 feet
Show all 5
  1. Public space at Fontaine Public space
    1,110 feet
  2. Public space at 254 East 68th Street Public space
    1,260 feet

Health care

  1. New York-Presbyterian David H. Koch Center Hospital
    670 feet
  2. Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases Hospital
    780 feet
  3. Mary Manning Walsh Nursing Home Co Nursing home or hospice
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Rowhouses at 322-344 East 69th Street Listed historic place
    490 feet
  2. 67th Street Library
    940 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Catherine Siena Church House of worship
    250 feet
  2. First Hungarian Reformed Church of NY Landmark · listed historic place
    310 feet
  3. St John Neplmucene Church House of worship
    720 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 343 East 70th Street Older adult center
    480 feet
  2. Lenox Hill Post Office Listed historic place
    1,190 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    730 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    730 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    860 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    610 feet
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    1,030 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,000 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  3. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 77 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 1st Avenue or East 69th 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.