2nd Avenue & East 73rd Street

The four-way crossing of 2nd Avenue and East 73rd Street is in Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Czech Center New York is 420 feet away. The nearest subway, 72 St, is about a minute on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, five of them day care or pre-K sites, and 94 places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
72 St
240 feet · 1 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
2 Av/E 73 St · M15
Within a walk
23 places
6 public spaces, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
2nd Avenue & East 73rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 72 St, 240 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 72 St Q
    240 feet
    Q

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. Q …
Downtown
1 line
  1. Q …

Also within a walk

  1. 77 St 6
    0.4 miles
    6
  2. 68 St-Hunter College 6
    0.5 miles
    6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Perfect Strangers” (2017) by Vik Muniz at the 72 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 2 Av/E 73 St, 50 feet away, for the M15.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 2 Av/E 73 St M15
    50 feet
    M15

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.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 75 St & 3 Ave 41 docks in all
    800 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at East 70th Street, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1855 1st Avenue Gas station
    1.4 miles
  2. 181 East 73rd Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    960 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2017

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10021
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
47 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 9,600 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 64 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 37 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2017 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 2nd Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of 2nd Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-2PM SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM 2PM-7PM

North side of East 73rd Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY CONSUL-C DIPLOMAT-A & D LICENSE PLATES D/S DECALS ONLY
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of East 73rd Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 105035 and 106126.

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Georgian Revival and Renaissance Revival, one each, and built between 1895 and 1930.

  1. National Society of Colonial Dames in the State of New York Head* Designated landmark
    640 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

  • 6 public spaces
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 1 arts or cultural center
  • 1 college
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Cathedral School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    510 feet
  2. The Buckley School in the City of New York School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    820 feet
  3. Marymount Manhattan College
    980 feet
Show all 7
  1. J.H.S. 167 Robert F. Wagner School
    1,090 feet
  2. Petits Poussins Ues Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,220 feet
  3. Lenox Hill Neighborhood House Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,260 feet
  4. District 2 Pre-K Center at 355 East 76 Street Pre-K center
    1,310 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 300 East 74th Street Public space
    280 feet
  2. Public space at Fairmont Public space
    550 feet
  3. Public space at Fontaine Public space
    730 feet
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  1. Public space at 220 East 72nd Street Public space
    770 feet
  2. Public space at Saratoga Public space
    1,000 feet
  3. Public space at 211 East 70th Street Public space
    1,150 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. East 73rd Street Historic District Listed historic place
    970 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Czech Center New York Arts or cultural center · landmark
    420 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Greek Orthodox Holy Trinity Cathedral House of worship
    510 feet
  2. Jan Hus Presbyterian Church & Neighborhood House House of worship
    900 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 351 East 74th Street Older adult center
    910 feet
  2. Lenox Hill Post Office Listed historic place
    940 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 44 Fire station
    1,030 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    960 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    980 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    1,010 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    640 feet
  2. Morton Williams Supermarket
    990 feet
  3. D'Agostino Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    260 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    830 feet
  3. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 94 places to eat and 21 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 2nd Avenue or East 73rd 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.