1st Avenue & East 81st Street

The four-way crossing of 1st Avenue and East 81st 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. P.S. 290 Manhattan New School is 860 feet away. The nearest subway, 86 St, is about five minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are 28 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 75 places to eat. Along 1st Avenue run a bus lane, all day, and a bike lane separated from traffic.

Safety record
4 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
1,310 feet · 5 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
400 feet
1 Av/E 80 St · M15 SBS
Within a walk
28 places
9 religious buildings, 8 day care or pre-K sites and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
1st Avenue & East 81st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 86 St, 1,310 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. 86 St Q
    1,310 feet
    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, 400 feet away, for the M15 SBS.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 1 Av/E 80 St M15 SBS
    400 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.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 81 St & York Ave 47 docks in all
    600 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at FDR Drive & East 78th Street, 0.6 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
    750 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.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

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
10028
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 8
City Council district
5
Police precinct
19
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Upper East Side-Yorkville
Elevation
46 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 9,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 76 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2023 and November 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 1st Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 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 81st Street

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

South side of East 81st Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 113854 and 114312.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 public places.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 8 day care or pre-K sites
  • 8 public spaces
  • 3 schools

Schools and child care

  1. St Stephen of Hungary School
    450 feet
  2. Caedmon School
    580 feet
  3. Primrose of Manhattan at East 82nd Street Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    640 feet
Show all 10
  1. Manhattan Schoolhouse Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    680 feet
  2. Hopscotch Montessori Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    830 feet
  3. P.S. 290 Manhattan New School
    860 feet
  4. Eastside Day School Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    860 feet
  5. York Avenue Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    860 feet
  6. MSH 1538 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    980 feet
  7. Chabad-Lubavitch of the Upper East Side Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,300 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at East Winds Public space
    190 feet
  2. Public space at 401 East 80th Street Public space
    200 feet
  3. Public space at 353 East 83rd Street Public space
    690 feet
Show all 8
  1. Public space at Strathmore Public space
    780 feet
  2. Public space at Dunhill Public space
    910 feet
  3. Public space at Adams Tower Public space
    950 feet
  4. Public space at Caldwell Public space
    970 feet
  5. Public space at Continental Towers Public space
    1,040 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Yorkville Synagogue Congregation Bnai Jehuda House of worship
    930 feet
  2. Zion St Marks Evangelical Lutheran Church Listed historic place
    960 feet
  3. Hungarian Baptist Church House of worship
    1,160 feet
Show all 4
  1. Temple Shaaray Tefila Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,280 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    50 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    630 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    80 feet
  2. D'Agostino Supermarket
    1,040 feet
  3. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    230 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,250 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 75 places to eat and 15 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 81st 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 Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.