1st Avenue & East 87th Street

The four-way crossing of 1st Avenue and East 87th Street is in Upper East Side-Yorkville, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. St Joseph's School-Yorkville is 280 feet away. The nearest subway, 86 St, is about three minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 78 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
770 feet · 3 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
1 Av/E 86 St · M15, M15 SBS
Within a walk
22 places
11 public spaces, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
1st Avenue & East 87th 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
  2. 96 St Q
    0.5 miles
    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 86 St, 170 feet away, for the M15 and M15 SBS.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 1 Av/E 86 St M15, M15 SBS · Shelter
    170 feet
    M15 M15 SBS
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M15 …
  2. 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.

  • 48 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 88 St & 1 Ave 39 docks in all
    360 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
    0.4 miles
  2. 360 East 89th Street Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    690 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 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 April 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2015

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10128
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 8
City Council district
5
Police precinct
19
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Upper East Side-Yorkville
Elevation
42 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 8,900 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
  • 44 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2020 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 MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM

West side of 1st Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of East 87th Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO DEPT OF SANITATION
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of East 87th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 109487, 110519, 112524 and 114155.

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
    310 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. St Joseph's School-Yorkville School
    280 feet
  2. Association to Benefit Children Preschool
    370 feet
  3. International Preschools Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    530 feet
Show all 6
  1. Yorkville Community School
    650 feet
  2. Manhattan Schoolhouse Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    730 feet
  3. The Art Farm Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,230 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Corniche Public space
    730 feet
  2. Public space at Channel Club Public space
    750 feet
  3. Public space at Adams Tower Public space
    800 feet
Show all 11
  1. Public space at Dunhill Public space
    860 feet
  2. Public space at 444 East 86th Street Public space
    880 feet
  3. Public space at Andover Public space
    920 feet
  4. Public space at Strathmore Public space
    980 feet
  5. Public space at Newbury Public space
    1,000 feet
  6. Public space at 353 East 83rd Street Public space
    1,070 feet
  7. Public space at East River Towers Public space
    1,130 feet
  8. Public space at America Public space
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

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

Community centers and public services

  1. Gracie Post Office
    1,300 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    910 feet
  2. Capital One Bank branch
    1,050 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    800 feet
  2. Fairway Market Supermarket
    1,270 feet
  3. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    250 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    800 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 78 places to eat and 17 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 87th 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.