1st Avenue & East 70th Street

The four-way crossing of 1st Avenue and East 70th Street is in Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island, Manhattan, at the edge of NYCHA's Robbins Plaza development. Between 2021 and 2025, 19 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. St. Catherine's Park is 570 feet away, and St John Neplmucene Church is 980 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 33 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 81 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
19 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
72 St
830 feet · 3 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
1 Av/E 70 St · M15
Within a walk
33 places
6 religious buildings, 5 public spaces and 12 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
1st Avenue & East 70th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 72 St, 830 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 72 St Q
    830 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
    0.5 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 70 St, 110 feet away, for the M15.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 1 Av/E 70 St M15 · Shelter · Countdown sign
    110 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 and East 70th Street.

  • 95 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 1 Ave & E 68 St 63 docks in all
    640 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
    1.3 miles
  2. 1365 York Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.9 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.

  • 8 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 June 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
51 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 6,900 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 1927 and 1966.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Robbins Plaza development.

Trees

NYC Parks records 91 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 49 signs on these blocks
  • 19 different rules
  • 8 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2017 and March 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 3 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Friday 10am to 7pm on East 70th Street (south side).

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

North side of East 70th Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 4 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-7PM
  • Ambulances only 1 sign AMBULANCE ONLY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 101859, 103731, 104023 and 106136.

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 33 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Lenox Hill Neighborhood House Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    310 feet
  2. Louis V Gerstner Grad Sch College
    1,050 feet
  3. Cornell Univ Medical Campus College
    1,110 feet
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  1. Bright Horizons Children's Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    320 feet
  2. The William Woodward Jr. Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    320 feet
  3. Ella Baker School
    1,130 feet
  4. Manhattan International High School
    1,130 feet
  5. Talent Unlimited High School
    1,130 feet
  6. Urban Academy Laboratory High School
    1,130 feet
  7. Vanguard High School
    1,130 feet
  8. Petits Poussins Ues Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

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

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Kingsley Public space
    150 feet
  2. Public space at Windsor Public space
    300 feet
  3. Public space at Oxford Public space
    770 feet
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  1. Public space at Fontaine Public space
    850 feet
  2. Public space at Somerset Public space
    1,270 feet

Health care

  1. New York-Presbyterian David H. Koch Center Hospital
    930 feet
  2. Mary Manning Walsh Nursing Home Co Nursing home or hospice
    1,010 feet
  3. Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases Hospital
    1,050 feet
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  1. New York-Presbyterian Hospital - New York Weill Cornell Center Hospital
    1,200 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Rowhouses at 322-344 East 69th Street Listed historic place
    750 feet
  2. 67th Street Library
    1,200 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Czech Center New York Arts or cultural center
    1,050 feet

Houses of worship

  1. First Hungarian Reformed Church of NY Landmark · listed historic place
    430 feet
  2. St Catherine Siena Church House of worship
    470 feet
  3. St John Neplmucene Church House of worship
    980 feet
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  1. Jan Hus Presbyterian Church & Neighborhood House House of worship
    1,220 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 343 East 70th Street Older adult center
    220 feet
  2. Lenox Hill Post Office Listed historic place
    1,060 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    470 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    470 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    600 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    350 feet
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    1,290 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    740 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    1,300 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 81 places to eat and 16 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 1st Avenue or East 70th 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.