1st Avenue & East 74th Street

The four-way crossing of 1st Avenue and East 74th 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. Jan Hus Presbyterian Church & Neighborhood House is 200 feet away, and Yorkville Synagogue Congregation Bnai Jehuda is 1,050 feet away. The nearest subway, 72 St, is about five minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are 29 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 98 places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
21 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
72 St
1,250 feet · 5 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
370 feet
1 Av/E 75 St · M15
Within a walk
29 places
9 public spaces, 8 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
1st Avenue & East 74th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 72 St, 1,250 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. 72 St Q
    1,250 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 75 St, 370 feet away, for the M15.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 1 Av/E 75 St M15
    370 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.

  • 60 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
    80 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at East 70th Street, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1855 1st Avenue Gas station
    1.1 miles
  2. 333 East 75th Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    550 feet

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
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2015
  • Turn calming, December 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
29 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 10,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 10 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 61 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
  • 13 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2021 and June 2025; 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 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 stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of East 74th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of East 74th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 101825 and 104938.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Renaissance Revival, and built between 1895 and 1897.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 public places.

  • 9 public spaces
  • 8 religious buildings
  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 older adult centers
  • 2 schools
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Petits Poussins Ues Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    210 feet
  2. The Cathedral School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    360 feet
  3. MSH 1456 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    440 feet
Show all 8
  1. Eleanor Roosevelt High School
    780 feet
  2. District 2 Pre-K Center at 355 East 76 Street Pre-K center
    870 feet
  3. Chabad-Lubavitch of the Upper East Side Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    990 feet
  4. Lycee Francais de NY School
    1,250 feet
  5. The Buckley School in the City of New York School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,310 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Saratoga Public space
    380 feet
  2. Public space at Fontaine Public space
    650 feet
  3. Public space at Stratford Public space
    700 feet
Show all 9
  1. Public space at 300 East 74th Street Public space
    730 feet
  2. Public space at Fairmont Public space
    740 feet
  3. Public space at Somerset Public space
    940 feet
  4. Public space at Windsor Public space
    1,110 feet
  5. Public space at Oxford Public space
    1,130 feet
  6. Public space at Kingsley Public space
    1,240 feet

Health care

  1. Mary Manning Walsh Nursing Home Co Nursing home or hospice
    1,310 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

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

Houses of worship

  1. Jan Hus Presbyterian Church & Neighborhood House House of worship
    200 feet
  2. Greek Orthodox Holy Trinity Cathedral House of worship
    360 feet
  3. Yorkville Synagogue Congregation Bnai Jehuda House of worship
    1,050 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 351 East 74th Street Older adult center
    270 feet
  2. Older adult center at 343 East 70th Street Older adult center
    1,120 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    670 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    690 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    690 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    790 feet
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    1,050 feet
  3. D'Agostino Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,270 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  3. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 98 places to eat and 21 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 74th 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.