1st Avenue & Thomas Jefferson Park Path

The three-way junction of 1st Avenue and Thomas Jefferson Park Path is in East Harlem (North), Manhattan, at the edge of NYCHA's Jefferson development. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Thomas Jefferson Park is 70 feet away, and P.S. 155 Playground is 1,240 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 1 Av/E 113 St, is 110 feet away for the M15. Within a five-minute walk are 28 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 29 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
FDR Drive
0.4 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
1 Av/E 113 St · M15
Within a walk
28 places
8 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
1st Avenue & Thomas Jefferson Park Path Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 1 Av/E 113 St, 110 feet away, for the M15.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 1 Av/E 113 St M15
    110 feet
    M15

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.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 114 St & 1 Ave 26 docks in all
    280 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at East 116th Street & FDR Drive, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2278 1st Avenue Gas station
    1,250 feet
  2. 245 East 124th Street Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.9 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.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2023.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 2018
  • 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 (North)
Elevation
9 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is 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 corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Jefferson development.

Since 2014 at least 13 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 75 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Art Moderne, and built between 1935 and 1936.

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in Thomas Jefferson Park.

  1. Tomorrow's Wind Sculpture by Melvin Edwards, 1995
    600 feet
  2. El Arbol de Esperanza Sculpture by L. Brower Hatcher, 1995
    760 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 public places.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 schools
  • 3 gardens
  • 2 older adult centers
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 102 Jacques Cartier School
    700 feet
  2. Kennedy Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    830 feet
  3. Storefront Academy Harlem Charter School
    1,040 feet
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  1. Our Lady Queen of Angels School
    1,130 feet
  2. Northside Headstart Center School
    1,170 feet
  3. Northside Center for Child Development Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,190 feet
  4. East Harlem Council for Human Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,250 feet
  5. The Dawning Village Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Thomas Jefferson Park
    70 feet
  2. Thomas Jefferson Park Playground
    620 feet
  3. Family Garden by Tiffany & Co. Garden
    750 feet
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  1. Pleasant Park Garden
    800 feet
  2. Rodale Pleasant Park Community Garden
    800 feet
  3. East River Esplanade Park
    1,140 feet
  4. P.S. 155 Playground
    1,240 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. East Harlem Historic District Listed historic place
    1,060 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church House of worship
    1,040 feet
  2. St Anns RC Church House of worship
    1,220 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Thomas Jefferson Recreation Center Landmark
    200 feet
  2. Older adult center at 2205 1st Avenue Older adult center
    250 feet
  3. Older adult center at Jefferson Older adult center
    250 feet
Show all 4
  1. Thomas Jefferson Pool Swimming pool
    350 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    890 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Cherry Valley Marketplace Supermarket
    1,100 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. ALDI Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Costco Store
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. East River Plaza Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 1st Avenue or Thomas Jefferson Park Path.

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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.