1st Avenue & East 71st Street

The four-way crossing of 1st Avenue and East 71st 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. St Catherine Siena Church is 730 feet away, and Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases is 1,310 feet away. The nearest subway, 72 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are 34 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 89 places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
19 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
72 St
1,010 feet · 4 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
1 Av/E 70 St · M15
Within a walk
34 places
9 public spaces, 7 religious buildings and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
1st Avenue & East 71st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 72 St, 1,010 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. 72 St Q
    1,010 feet
    Q

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. Q …
Downtown
1 line
  1. 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 70 St, 160 feet away, for the M15.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 1 Av/E 70 St M15 · Shelter · Countdown sign
    160 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 71st Street.

  • 81 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 74 St & 1 Ave 79 docks in all
    890 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
    1.3 miles
  2. 1365 York Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    1,240 feet
  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 19 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 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
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 8,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 78 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2020 and March 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 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-7PM
  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No standing 3 signs 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 1 sign 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of East 71st Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 101720, 101859, 103731 and 106034.

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Renaissance Revival and Secessionist, one each, and built between 1895 and 1916.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 34 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Lenox Hill Neighborhood House Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    580 feet
  2. Bright Horizons Children's Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    580 feet
  3. The William Woodward Jr. Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    580 feet
Show all 8
  1. Petits Poussins Ues Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,040 feet
  2. The Cathedral School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,060 feet
  3. Marymount Manhattan College
    1,160 feet
  4. MSH 1456 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,280 feet
  5. Louis V Gerstner Grad Sch College
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. Catherine's Park
    840 feet
  2. St. Catherine's Park Playground
    870 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Windsor Public space
    270 feet
  2. Public space at Kingsley Public space
    410 feet
  3. Public space at Oxford Public space
    510 feet
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  1. Public space at Fontaine Public space
    590 feet
  2. Public space at Somerset Public space
    1,010 feet
  3. Public space at 300 East 74th Street Public space
    1,210 feet
  4. Public space at Saratoga Public space
    1,210 feet
  5. Public space at Stratford Public space
    1,270 feet
  6. Public space at 220 East 72nd Street Public space
    1,290 feet

Health care

  1. Mary Manning Walsh Nursing Home Co Nursing home or hospice
    750 feet
  2. New York-Presbyterian David H. Koch Center Hospital
    1,190 feet
  3. Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases Hospital
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Rowhouses at 322-344 East 69th Street Listed historic place
    1,010 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Czech Center New York Arts or cultural center · landmark
    790 feet

Houses of worship

  1. First Hungarian Reformed Church of NY Landmark · listed historic place
    700 feet
  2. St Catherine Siena Church House of worship
    730 feet
  3. Jan Hus Presbyterian Church & Neighborhood House House of worship
    960 feet
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  1. Greek Orthodox Holy Trinity Cathedral House of worship
    1,060 feet
  2. St John Neplmucene Church House of worship
    1,240 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 343 East 70th Street Older adult center
    290 feet
  2. Older adult center at 351 East 74th Street Older adult center
    1,110 feet
  3. Lenox Hill Post Office Listed historic place
    1,120 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    210 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    210 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    340 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    90 feet
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,010 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    1,040 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 89 places to eat and 17 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 71st 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.