2nd Avenue & East 63rd Street

The four-way crossing of 2nd Avenue and East 63rd Street is in Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 55 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. In 2025, 1,392 bus-lane camera tickets were recorded here. East Side Elementary School, PS 267 is 540 feet away. The nearest subway, Lexington Av/63 St, is about two minutes on foot, and eight subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 31 public places, six of them day care or pre-K sites, and 63 places to eat.

Safety record
19 hurt
55 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Lexington Av/63 St
650 feet · 2 min on foot · M, Q
Nearest bus stop
150 feet
2 Av/E 64 St · M15
Within a walk
31 places
14 public spaces, 6 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
2nd Avenue & East 63rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Lexington Av/63 St, 650 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 8 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lexington Av/63 St M, Q
    650 feet
    M Q

Next trains at this station

Uptown & Queens
2 lines
  1. M …
  2. Q …
Downtown
2 lines
  1. M …
  2. Q …

Also within a walk

  1. Lexington Av/59 St 4, 5, 6, N, R, W
    0.3 miles
    4 5 6 N R W
  2. 72 St Q
    0.3 miles
    Q

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Elevated” (2017) by Jean Shin at the Lexington Av/63 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 2 Av/E 64 St, 150 feet away, for the M15.

  • 42 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 2 Av/E 64 St M15 · Shelter
    150 feet
    M15
    Shelter

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.

  • 86 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 63 St & 3 Ave 57 docks in all
    670 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at Queensboro Bridge & 2nd Avenue at East 59th Street, 1,040 feet by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 55 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 19 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, December 2025

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 1,392 bus-lane camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 101st most of the 174 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 3, 955 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
61 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 7,100 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 1930 and 1967.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 38 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2024 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 2nd Avenue

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 8AM-3PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 3PM-8PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of 2nd Avenue

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

North side of East 63rd Street

  • No standing 14 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 63rd Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 4 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 102308, 106607 and 107178.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 77 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
    610 feet
  2. Manhattan House Designated landmark
    750 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 public places.

  • 14 public spaces
  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 6 religious buildings
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 1 park
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Lenox Hill Kids Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    110 feet
  2. Bright Horizons at East 64th. Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    370 feet
  3. Weill Cornell Children's Center at East 62nd Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    430 feet
Show all 7
  1. East Side Elementary School, PS 267 School
    540 feet
  2. Bridge Community Playschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    880 feet
  3. Vivvi Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,000 feet
  4. Vivvi 7 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,110 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Tramway Plaza
    840 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Paladin Public space
    390 feet
  2. Public space at Rio Public space
    500 feet
  3. Public space at Concorde Public space
    590 feet
Show all 14
  1. Public space at Evansview Public space
    690 feet
  2. Public space at Carlton Towers Public space
    920 feet
  3. Public space at Bristol Public space
    940 feet
  4. Public space at Royale Public space
    940 feet
  5. Public space at Wellington Estates Public space
    970 feet
  6. Public space at 265 East 66th Street Public space
    1,020 feet
  7. Public space at Trump Plaza Public space
    1,130 feet
  8. Public space at Phoenix Public space
    1,210 feet
  9. Public space at 254 East 68th Street Public space
    1,210 feet
  10. Public space at Savoy Public space
    1,260 feet
  11. Public space at Landmark Public space
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Treadwell Farm Historic District Listed historic place
    750 feet
  2. Barbara Rutherford Hatch House Listed historic place
    1,080 feet
  3. Barbizon Hotel for Women Listed historic place
    1,200 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of Peace Church Landmark
    310 feet
  2. All Saints Episcopal Church House of worship
    970 feet
  3. Rock Church House of worship
    1,090 feet
Show all 4
  1. Metropolitan Koryo United Methodist Church House of worship
    1,120 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    190 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    980 feet
  3. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,090 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    830 feet
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,210 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles
  3. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 63 places to eat and nine food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 2nd Avenue or East 63rd 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.