2nd Avenue & East 61st Street

The four-way crossing of 2nd Avenue and East 61st Street is in Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 49 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. In 2025, 1,689 bus-lane camera tickets were recorded here. First Swedish Baptist Church stands 180 feet away. The nearest subway, Lexington Av/59 St, is about four minutes on foot, and eight subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, five of them day care or pre-K sites, and 84 places to eat.

Safety record
19 hurt
49 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Lexington Av/59 St
940 feet · 4 min on foot · 4, 5, 6, N, R, W
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
2 Av/E 61 St · M15
Within a walk
25 places
9 public spaces, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
2nd Avenue & East 61st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Lexington Av/59 St, 940 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 6 lines at the nearest station
  • 8 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lexington Av/59 St 4, 5, 6, N, R, W
    940 feet
    4 5 6 N R W

Next trains at this station

Uptown
3 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. 5 …
  3. 6 …
Downtown
6 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. 5 …
  3. 6 …
  4. N …
  5. R …
  6. W …
Queens
3 lines
  1. N …
  2. R …
  3. W …

Also within a walk

  1. Lexington Av/63 St M, Q
    1,170 feet
    M Q
  2. 72 St Q
    0.4 miles
    Q

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Blooming” (1996) by Elizabeth Murray at the Lexington Av/59 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 2 Av/E 61 St, 170 feet away, for the M15.

  • 55 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 2 Av/E 61 St M15 · Shelter · Countdown sign
    170 feet
    M15
    Shelter · Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. M15 …

Live arrivals

A bus lane runs along 2nd Avenue, 7am to 10am and 2pm to 7pm on weekdays.

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 2nd Avenue and East 61st Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 3 Ave & E 62 St 51 docks in all
    910 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at Queensboro Bridge & 2nd Avenue at East 59th Street, 520 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 1855 1st Avenue Gas station
    2 miles
  2. 200 East 65th Street Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 49 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 19 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 9 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2022

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 1,689 bus-lane camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 94th most of the 174 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 3, 1,081 more were issued.

Every corner with bus-lane camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10065
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 8
City Council district
5
Police precinct
19
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island
Elevation
66 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 5,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 47 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2021 and August 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 2nd Avenue

  • No stopping 5 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of 2nd Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-2PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM 2PM-7PM

North side of East 61st Street

  • No stopping 10 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of East 61st Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 10AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 4 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 11AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 4PM-MIDNIGHT ALL DAYS
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-10AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING 7AM-11AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 104030, 105753 and 106489.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 78 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as French Second Empire. They were mostly built between 1870 and 1875.

  1. First Swedish Baptist Church Designated landmark
    180 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

  • 9 public spaces
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 parks
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bridge Community Playschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    350 feet
  2. Weill Cornell Children's Center at East 62nd Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    430 feet
  3. Lenox Hill Kids Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    630 feet
Show all 6
  1. Bright Horizons at East 64th. Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    900 feet
  2. East Side Elementary School, PS 267 School
    1,060 feet
  3. Bright Horizons Children's Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Tramway Plaza
    310 feet
  2. Honey Locust Park
    810 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Evansview Public space
    170 feet
  2. Public space at Paladin Public space
    280 feet
  3. Public space at Wellington Estates Public space
    730 feet
Show all 9
  1. Public space at Savoy Public space
    740 feet
  2. Public space at Landmark Public space
    750 feet
  3. Public space at Trump Plaza Public space
    940 feet
  4. Public space at Bridge Tower Place Public space
    990 feet
  5. Public space at Rio Public space
    1,020 feet
  6. Public space at Concorde Public space
    1,120 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Treadwell Farm Historic District Listed historic place
    470 feet
  2. Houses at 311 and 313 East 58th Street Listed historic place
    870 feet
  3. Mount Vernon Hotel Museum Listed historic place
    1,150 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of Peace Church Landmark
    400 feet
  2. All Saints Episcopal Church House of worship
    450 feet
  3. Metropolitan Koryo United Methodist Church House of worship
    1,040 feet
Show all 4
  1. Rock Church House of worship
    1,160 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    400 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,120 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    1,250 feet
  2. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,260 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles
  3. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 84 places to eat and 11 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 2nd Avenue or East 61st Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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.