1st Avenue & East 99th Street

The four-way crossing of 1st Avenue and East 99th Street is in East Harlem (South), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 24 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Innovation Charter High School is 400 feet away. The nearest subway, 96 St, is about six minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, seven of them schools, and five places to eat. Along 1st Avenue run a bus lane, all day, and a bike lane separated from traffic.

Safety record
7 hurt
24 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
96 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
1 Av/E 99 St · M15
Within a walk
21 places
7 schools, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
1st Avenue & East 99th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 96 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. 96 St Q
    0.3 miles
    Q

Next trains at this station

Downtown
1 line
  1. Q …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Blueprint for a Landscape” (2017) by Sarah Sze at the 96 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 1 Av/E 99 St, 110 feet away, for the M15.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 1 Av/E 99 St M15 · Shelter
    110 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.

  • 18 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 2 Ave & E 99 St 31 docks in all
    780 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive northbound at East 96th Street, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2043 1st Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 215 East 96th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 24 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 2023
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10029
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 11
City Council district
8
Police precinct
23
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Harlem (South)
Elevation
8 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1970 and 2003.

Since 2014 at least 153 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2018 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 1st Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 1st Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 4 signs AVO DEPT OF SANITATION
  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of East 99th Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO DEPT OF SANITATION
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

South side of East 99th Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 3 signs AVO DEPT OF SANITATION
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 7 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 parks
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Innovation Charter High School
    400 feet
  2. M.S. 224 Manhattan East School for Arts & Academics School
    400 feet
  3. Success Academy Charter School - Harlem 3 School
    400 feet
Show all 11
  1. Young Minds In Motion Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    560 feet
  2. The Judith S. Kaye School
    860 feet
  3. Central Park East II School
    940 feet
  4. NYC Autism Charter School East Harlem School
    940 feet
  5. Addie Mae Collins Community Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    960 feet
  6. Center for Life and Faith Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,080 feet
  7. Washington Child care
    1,260 feet
  8. The High School for Climate Justice School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. East River Esplanade Park
    520 feet
  2. Stanley Isaacs Playground
    580 feet
  3. Harlem RBI Park
    610 feet
Show all 5
  1. Marx Brothers Playground
    930 feet
  2. Cherry Tree Park Playground
    1,310 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 10 Ambulance station
    630 feet
  2. Metropolitan Hospital Center Hospital
    660 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Metro North Plaza Listed historic place
    990 feet
  2. Public School 109 Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 1st Avenue or East 99th 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.