1st Avenue & East 85th Street

The four-way crossing of 1st Avenue and East 85th Street is in Upper East Side-Yorkville, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Parsonage of Holy Trinity Church (Rhinelander Memorial), one of three Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 800 feet away, and Yorkville Community School is 1,210 feet away. The nearest subway, 86 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 88 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
770 feet · 3 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
320 feet
E 86 St/1 Av · M86 SBS
Within a walk
23 places
12 public spaces, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
1st Avenue & East 85th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 86 St, 770 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 86 St Q
    770 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
    0.4 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 E 86 St/1 Av, 320 feet away, for the M86 SBS.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 86 St/1 Av M86 SBS
    320 feet
    M86 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. M86 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.

  • 58 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
    370 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
    510 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 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, 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
59 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 9,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese pagoda tree and the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 39 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 6 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2016 and May 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 parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No stopping 3 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of East 85th Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of East 85th Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 112772, 113156, 114216 and 114816.

Landmarks and historic districts

Three buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as French Gothic, French Renaissance and Vernacular Italianate, one each, and built between 1860 and 1897.

  1. Parsonage of Holy Trinity Church (Rhinelander Memorial) Designated landmark
    800 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

  • 12 public spaces
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Manhattan Schoolhouse Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    170 feet
  2. International Preschools Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    530 feet
  3. St Joseph's School-Yorkville School
    670 feet
Show all 7
  1. Association to Benefit Children Preschool
    560 feet
  2. St Stephen of Hungary School
    1,140 feet
  3. Primrose of Manhattan at East 82nd Street Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,160 feet
  4. Yorkville Community School
    1,210 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Adams Tower Public space
    240 feet
  2. Public space at Dunhill Public space
    300 feet
  3. Public space at Strathmore Public space
    420 feet
Show all 12
  1. Public space at 353 East 83rd Street Public space
    510 feet
  2. Public space at 444 East 86th Street Public space
    690 feet
  3. Public space at America Public space
    740 feet
  4. Public space at Channel Club Public space
    1,050 feet
  5. Public space at Camargue Public space
    1,070 feet
  6. Public space at East Winds Public space
    1,240 feet
  7. Public space at 401 East 80th Street Public space
    1,260 feet
  8. Public space at Newbury Public space
    1,280 feet
  9. Public space at Corniche Public space
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Zion St Marks Evangelical Lutheran Church Listed historic place
    340 feet
  2. Holy Trinity Episcopal Church Landmark · listed historic place
    840 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Gracie Post Office
    960 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,040 feet
  2. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,110 feet
  3. Capital One Bank branch
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    1,040 feet
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    1,230 feet
  3. Fairway Market Supermarket
    1,280 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    410 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    890 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 88 places to eat and 24 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 85th 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.