1st Avenue & East 84th Street

The four-way crossing of 1st Avenue and East 84th 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. In 2025, 1,418 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Zion St Marks Evangelical Lutheran Church is 280 feet away. The nearest subway, 86 St, is about four minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 93 places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
980 feet · 4 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
410 feet
1 Av/E 82 St · M15
Within a walk
24 places
9 public spaces, 6 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
1st Avenue & East 84th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 86 St, 980 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 86 St Q
    980 feet
    Q

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 86 St 4, 5, 6
    0.5 miles
    4 5 6

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 82 St, 410 feet away, for the M15.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 1 Av/E 82 St M15 · Countdown sign
    410 feet
    M15
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. M15 …

Live arrivals

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

Cycling

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

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 84 St & 1 Ave 31 docks in all
    100 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at York Avenue & East 92nd Street, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1855 1st Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 141 East 89th Street Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    770 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2018
  • Turn calming, January 2025

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 1,418 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 580th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 648 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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
61 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.

Since 2014 at least 28 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 61 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2015 and May 2024, 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 parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of East 84th Street

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

South side of East 84th Street

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 112772 and 114216.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Vernacular Italianate, and built in 1860.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 public places.

  • 9 public spaces
  • 6 religious buildings
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Manhattan Schoolhouse Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    100 feet
  2. International Preschools Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    800 feet
  3. St Stephen of Hungary School
    870 feet
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  1. Association to Benefit Children Preschool
    820 feet
  2. Primrose of Manhattan at East 82nd Street Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    900 feet
  3. St Joseph's School-Yorkville School
    940 feet
  4. P.S. 290 Manhattan New School
    1,120 feet
  5. St. Ignatius Loyola School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,150 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Dunhill Public space
    110 feet
  2. Public space at Strathmore Public space
    150 feet
  3. Public space at Adams Tower Public space
    160 feet
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  1. Public space at 353 East 83rd Street Public space
    240 feet
  2. Public space at Camargue Public space
    810 feet
  3. Public space at 444 East 86th Street Public space
    950 feet
  4. Public space at East Winds Public space
    980 feet
  5. Public space at 401 East 80th Street Public space
    990 feet
  6. Public space at America Public space
    1,000 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Zion St Marks Evangelical Lutheran Church Listed historic place
    280 feet
  2. Holy Trinity Episcopal Church Listed historic place
    1,110 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Gracie Post Office
    1,140 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    840 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    770 feet
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Fairway Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    630 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    670 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 93 places to eat and 19 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 84th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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.