1st Avenue & East 88th Street

The four-way crossing of 1st Avenue and East 88th Street is in Upper East Side-Yorkville, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 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 two Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 250 feet away, and Zion St Marks Evangelical Lutheran Church is 1,170 feet away. The nearest subway, 86 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places and 65 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
1,030 feet · 4 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
370 feet
1 Av/E 89 St · M15
Within a walk
27 places
10 public spaces, 6 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
1st Avenue & East 88th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 86 St, 1,030 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 86 St Q
    1,030 feet
    Q

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 96 St Q
    0.4 miles
    Q
  2. 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 89 St, 370 feet away, for the M15.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 1 Av/E 89 St M15 · Shelter
    370 feet
    M15
    Shelter

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.

  • 54 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
    120 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at York Avenue & East 92nd Street, 0.3 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
    430 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

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
40 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 8,600 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 Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 40 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2019 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 1st Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-9AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM

West side of 1st Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of East 88th Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of East 88th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 110519, 112950 and 114155.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and three buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as French Renaissance. They were built between 1896 and 1897.

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 public places.

  • 10 public spaces
  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Association to Benefit Children Preschool
    330 feet
  2. Yorkville Community School
    390 feet
  3. St Joseph's School-Yorkville School
    540 feet
Show all 11
  1. International Preschools Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    790 feet
  2. The Art Farm Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    970 feet
  3. Manhattan Schoolhouse Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,000 feet
  4. East Side Middle School
    1,110 feet
  5. P.S. 527 - East Side School for Social Action School
    1,170 feet
  6. The Goddard School Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,170 feet
  7. Gillen Brewer School
    1,180 feet
  8. Eisman Day Nursery Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Asphalt Green Park
    1,280 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Andover Public space
    660 feet
  2. Public space at East River Towers Public space
    860 feet
  3. Public space at Corniche Public space
    990 feet
Show all 10
  1. Public space at Channel Club Public space
    1,010 feet
  2. Public space at Adams Tower Public space
    1,060 feet
  3. Public space at Dunhill Public space
    1,130 feet
  4. Public space at 444 East 86th Street Public space
    1,140 feet
  5. Public space at Strathmore Public space
    1,250 feet
  6. Public space at Newbury Public space
    1,260 feet
  7. Public space at Plymouth Tower Public space
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Holy Trinity Episcopal Church Landmark · listed historic place
    330 feet
  2. Zion St Marks Evangelical Lutheran Church Listed historic place
    1,170 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,170 feet
  2. Capital One Bank branch
    1,310 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    1,070 feet
  2. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Fairway Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    510 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    1,070 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 65 places to eat and 16 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 88th 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.