1st Avenue & Mitchell Place

The three-way junction of 1st Avenue and Mitchell Place is in East Midtown-Turtle Bay, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Panhellenic Tower (now Beekman Tower Hotel), one of three Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 110 feet away. The nearest subway, Lexington Av/51-53 Sts, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 6, E and F. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, two of them listed historic places, and 48 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Lexington Av/51-53 Sts
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · 6, E, F
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
1 Av/Mitchell Pl · M15, M15 SBS
Within a walk
20 places
7 public spaces, 2 listed historic places and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
1st Avenue & Mitchell Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Lexington Av/51-53 Sts, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. Lexington Av/51-53 Sts 6, E, F
    0.4 miles
    6 E F

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. 6 …
Downtown
3 lines
  1. 6 …
  2. E …
  3. F …
Queens
2 lines
  1. E …
  2. F …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Passing Through” (2004) by Al Held at the Lexington Av/51-53 Sts station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 1 Av/Mitchell Pl, 110 feet away, for the M15 and M15 SBS.

  • 18 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 1 Av/Mitchell Pl M15, M15 SBS · Shelter
    110 feet
    M15 M15 SBS
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M15 …
  2. M15 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 51 St & 1 Ave 35 docks in all
    530 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at 1st Avenue, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 720 11th Avenue Gas station
    1.8 miles
  2. 351 East 51st Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    700 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10022
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 6
City Council district
4
Police precinct
17
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Midtown-Turtle Bay
Elevation
25 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 5,900 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 1930 and 1965.

Since 2014 at least 9 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 67 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 10 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2020 and March 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Mitchell Place

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY CONSUL-C DIPLOMAT-A & D LICENSE PLATES D/S DECALS ONLY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

South side of Mitchell Place

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Three buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Art Deco, Modernism (late) and Modernist, one each, and built between 1865 and 1971.

  1. Panhellenic Tower (now Beekman Tower Hotel) Designated landmark
    110 feet
  2. Japan Society Headquarters Designated landmark
    550 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 public spaces
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 parks
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Business English Alliance Trade or language school
    760 feet
  2. Children's Academy School
    800 feet
  3. Family School
    880 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. MacArthur Playground
    550 feet
  2. Dag Hammarskjold Plaza
    660 feet
  3. Peter Detmold Park
    690 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 100 United Nations Plaza Public space
    490 feet
  2. Public space at Trump World Tower Public space
    520 feet
  3. Public space at Libya House Public space
    750 feet
Show all 7
  1. Public space at Sterling Plaza Public space
    990 feet
  2. Public space at 1 Dag Hammarskjold Plaza Public space
    1,230 feet
  3. Public space at Lausanne Public space
    1,300 feet
  4. Public space at Revere Public space
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Public School 35 Listed historic place
    630 feet
  2. Raoul Wallenberg Monument Monument or memorial
    640 feet
  3. Turtle Bay Gardens Historic District Listed historic place
    1,190 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Japan Society Arts or cultural center
    900 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Holy Family Church House of worship
    680 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Recreation Center 54 Recreation center
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    1,000 feet
  2. D'Agostino Supermarket
    1,040 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 48 places to eat and eight food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 1st Avenue or Mitchell Place.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.