1st Avenue & East 78th Street

The four-way crossing of 1st Avenue and East 78th Street is in Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island, Manhattan, and is also named Patrolman George R. Connelly Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Yorkville Synagogue Congregation Bnai Jehuda is 200 feet away, and John Jay Park is 1,230 feet away. The nearest subway, 86 St, is about eight minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are 30 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 88 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
350 feet
E 79 St/1 Av · M79 SBS
Within a walk
30 places
8 religious buildings, 7 day care or pre-K sites and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
1st Avenue & East 78th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 86 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 86 St Q
    0.4 miles
    Q

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. Q …
Downtown
1 line
  1. Q …

Also within a walk

  1. 77 St 6
    0.4 miles
    6
  2. 72 St Q
    0.4 miles
    Q

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Subway Portraits” (2017) by Chuck Close at the 86 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 79 St/1 Av, 350 feet away, for the M79 SBS.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 79 St/1 Av M79 SBS
    350 feet
    M79 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. M79 SBS …

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 78th Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 1 Ave & E 78 St 57 docks in all
    130 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at FDR Drive & East 78th Street, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1855 1st Avenue Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. 350 East 79th Street Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    520 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2015

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10075
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
38 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Patrolman George R. Connelly Way, a co-naming enacted on August 13, 2025 (Local Law 121 of 2025).

The streets

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

Homes

About 9,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 45 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

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

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Patrolman George R. Connelly Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 43 signs on these blocks
  • 15 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2015 and September 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 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-9AM

West side of 1st Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of East 78th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING SATURDAY 7AM-7PM
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 113006, 114095 and 114575.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as neo-Renaissance, and built between 1901 and 1903.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 public places.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 7 day care or pre-K sites
  • 5 schools
  • 4 public spaces
  • 1 library
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Chabad-Lubavitch of the Upper East Side Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    470 feet
  2. Hopscotch Montessori Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    570 feet
  3. Eleanor Roosevelt High School
    670 feet
Show all 12
  1. MSH 1456 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    620 feet
  2. District 2 Pre-K Center at 355 East 76 Street Pre-K center
    710 feet
  3. Petits Poussins Ues Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    850 feet
  4. P.S. 158 Bayard Taylor School
    870 feet
  5. Yorkville East Middle School
    870 feet
  6. Caedmon School
    880 feet
  7. Insur Ed Trade or language school
    1,140 feet
  8. The Cathedral School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,200 feet
  9. St Stephen of Hungary School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. John Jay Park
    1,230 feet
  2. John Jay Park Playground
    1,250 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 401 East 80th Street Public space
    810 feet
  2. Public space at East Winds Public space
    820 feet
  3. Public space at Continental Towers Public space
    960 feet
Show all 4
  1. Public space at Saratoga Public space
    1,040 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Webster Library
    690 feet
  2. City & Suburban Homes Company's York Avenue Estate Listed historic place
    1,180 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Yorkville Synagogue Congregation Bnai Jehuda House of worship
    200 feet
  2. Temple Shaaray Tefila Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    990 feet
  3. Jan Hus Presbyterian Church & Neighborhood House House of worship
    1,020 feet
Show all 4
  1. Greek Orthodox Holy Trinity Cathedral House of worship
    1,200 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 351 East 74th Street Older adult center
    1,130 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    270 feet
  2. Apple Bank Bank branch
    790 feet
  3. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,000 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    910 feet
  2. D'Agostino Supermarket
    1,220 feet
  3. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,060 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,100 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 88 places to eat and 14 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 78th 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 Records, 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.