1st Avenue & East 80th Street

The four-way crossing of 1st Avenue and East 80th Street is in Upper East Side-Yorkville, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Caedmon School is 310 feet away. The nearest subway, 86 St, is about six minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are 31 public places, ten of them day care or pre-K sites, and 70 places to eat. Along 1st Avenue run a bus lane, all day, and a bike lane separated from traffic.

Safety record
3 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
130 feet
1 Av/E 80 St · M15 SBS
Within a walk
31 places
10 day care or pre-K sites, 8 public spaces and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
1st Avenue & East 80th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 86 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. 86 St Q
    0.3 miles
    Q

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. Q …
Downtown
1 line
  1. 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 1 Av/E 80 St, 130 feet away, for the M15 SBS.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 1 Av/E 80 St M15 SBS
    130 feet
    M15 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. M15 SBS …

Live arrivals

A bus lane runs along 1st Avenue, all day, every day.

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 1st Avenue.

  • 67 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
    700 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
    0.8 miles
  2. 351 East 83rd Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1,020 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.

  • 2 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2015
  • Turn calming, December 2019

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-Yorkville
Elevation
45 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 9,600 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 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 40 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2021 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 1st Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-9AM

West side of 1st Avenue

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

North side of East 80th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of East 80th Street

  • Ambulettes only 1 sign AMBULETTE ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 112173 and 113854.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 public places.

  • 10 day care or pre-K sites
  • 8 public spaces
  • 8 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 1 library

Schools and child care

  1. Caedmon School
    310 feet
  2. Hopscotch Montessori Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    570 feet
  3. St Stephen of Hungary School
    720 feet
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  1. MSH 1538 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    780 feet
  2. Eastside Day School Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    840 feet
  3. York Avenue Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    840 feet
  4. Primrose of Manhattan at East 82nd Street Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    900 feet
  5. Manhattan Schoolhouse Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    940 feet
  6. Chabad-Lubavitch of the Upper East Side Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,030 feet
  7. P.S. 290 Manhattan New School
    1,120 feet
  8. MSH 1456 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,180 feet
  9. Eleanor Roosevelt High School
    1,230 feet
  10. District 2 Pre-K Center at 355 East 76 Street Pre-K center
    1,280 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 401 East 80th Street Public space
    250 feet
  2. Public space at East Winds Public space
    250 feet
  3. Public space at Continental Towers Public space
    770 feet
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  1. Public space at Caldwell Public space
    890 feet
  2. Public space at 353 East 83rd Street Public space
    950 feet
  3. Public space at Strathmore Public space
    1,040 feet
  4. Public space at Dunhill Public space
    1,170 feet
  5. Public space at Adams Tower Public space
    1,220 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Webster Library
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Yorkville Synagogue Congregation Bnai Jehuda House of worship
    660 feet
  2. Temple Shaaray Tefila Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,010 feet
  3. Hungarian Baptist Church House of worship
    1,110 feet
Show all 4
  1. Zion St Marks Evangelical Lutheran Church Listed historic place
    1,220 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    230 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    370 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    960 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    340 feet
  2. D'Agostino Supermarket
    770 feet
  3. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    490 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    990 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 70 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 1st Avenue or East 80th 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.