1st Avenue & East 86th Street

The four-way crossing of 1st Avenue and East 86th Street is in Upper East Side-Yorkville, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. In 2025, 311 bus-lane camera tickets were recorded here. Holy Trinity Episcopal Church is 560 feet away. The nearest subway, 86 St, is about two minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 77 places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
490 feet · 2 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
E 86 St/1 Av · M86 SBS
Within a walk
20 places
10 public spaces, 4 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
1st Avenue & East 86th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 86 St, 490 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 86 St Q
    490 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, 60 feet away, for the M86 SBS.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 86 St/1 Av M86 SBS · Shelter · Countdown sign
    60 feet
    M86 SBS
    Shelter · Countdown sign

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.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 88 St & 1 Ave 39 docks in all
    650 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at York Avenue & East 92nd Street, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 5 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, January 2025

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 311 bus-lane camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 149th most of the 174 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 3, 290 more were issued.

Every corner with bus-lane 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
50 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 8,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 75 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2022 and August 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 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 parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of East 86th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of East 86th Street

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 109487, 109678, 113157 and 113797.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and four buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as French Renaissance. They were built between 1860 and 1897.

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

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. International Preschools Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    250 feet
  2. Association to Benefit Children Preschool
    280 feet
  3. St Joseph's School-Yorkville School
    390 feet
Show all 5
  1. Manhattan Schoolhouse Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    450 feet
  2. Yorkville Community School
    930 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Adams Tower Public space
    520 feet
  2. Public space at Dunhill Public space
    580 feet
  3. Public space at 444 East 86th Street Public space
    590 feet
Show all 10
  1. Public space at Strathmore Public space
    700 feet
  2. Public space at Channel Club Public space
    770 feet
  3. Public space at 353 East 83rd Street Public space
    790 feet
  4. Public space at Newbury Public space
    1,000 feet
  5. Public space at Corniche Public space
    1,010 feet
  6. Public space at America Public space
    1,020 feet
  7. Public space at Andover Public space
    1,200 feet

Houses of worship

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

Community centers and public services

  1. Gracie Post Office
    1,050 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    750 feet
  2. Capital One Bank branch
    860 feet
  3. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    950 feet
  2. Fairway Market Supermarket
    990 feet
  3. Morton Williams Supermarket
    1,320 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    120 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    820 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 77 places to eat and 22 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 1st Avenue or East 86th 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.