2nd Avenue & East 79th Street

The four-way crossing of 2nd Avenue and East 79th Street is in Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 27 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. In 2025, 348 bus-lane and 211 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Temple Shaaray Tefila is 130 feet away. The nearest subway, 86 St, is about four minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 115 places to eat.

Safety record
18 hurt
27 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
1,180 feet · 4 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
130 feet
E 79 St/2 Av · M79 SBS
Within a walk
27 places
10 religious buildings, 6 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
2nd Avenue & East 79th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 86 St, 1,180 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 86 St Q
    1,180 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
    0.3 miles
    6
  2. 72 St Q
    0.3 miles
    Q

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Subway Portraits” (2017) by Chuck Close at the 86 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 79 St/2 Av, 130 feet away, for the M79 SBS.

  • 21 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 79 St/2 Av M79 SBS
    130 feet
    M79 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. M79 SBS …

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.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 78 St & 2 Ave 25 docks in all
    350 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at FDR Drive & East 78th Street, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1855 1st Avenue Gas station
    1 mile
  2. 350 East 79th Street Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    680 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 27 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 17 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 5 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, August 2017

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 211 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,611th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 116 more were issued.

In 2025, 348 bus-lane camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 146th most of the 174 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 3, 21 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets · Every corner with bus-lane camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10075
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
44 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 9,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 67 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 43 signs on these blocks
  • 18 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2018 and December 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 2nd Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of 2nd Avenue

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

North side of East 79th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 1PM-7PM SATURDAY 8:30AM-7PM
  • Ambulettes only 1 sign AMBULETTE ONLY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-5PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 109229, 112172, 112358 and 114518.

Landmarks and historic districts

Seven buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Italianate, and mostly built between 1861 and 1865.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 public places.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 6 public spaces
  • 2 schools
  • 1 library
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. MSH 1538 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    320 feet
  2. Hopscotch Montessori Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,030 feet
  3. P.S. 290 Manhattan New School
    1,110 feet
Show all 7
  1. Birch Wathen Lenox School
    1,110 feet
  2. All Souls School Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,180 feet
  3. Primrose of Manhattan at East 82nd Street Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,200 feet
  4. District 2 Pre-K Center at 355 East 76 Street Pre-K center
    1,220 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Continental Towers Public space
    190 feet
  2. Public space at Kenilworth Public space
    1,040 feet
  3. Public space at East Winds Public space
    1,060 feet
Show all 6
  1. Public space at Camargue Public space
    1,220 feet
  2. Public space at Fairmont Public space
    1,270 feet
  3. Public space at 401 East 80th Street Public space
    1,280 feet

Health care

  1. Upper East Side Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    650 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Yorkville Library Landmark · listed historic place
    470 feet
  2. Houses at 208-218 East 78th Street Listed historic place
    860 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Temple Shaaray Tefila Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    130 feet
  2. Hungarian Baptist Church House of worship
    490 feet
  3. Yorkville Synagogue Congregation Bnai Jehuda House of worship
    880 feet
Show all 4
  1. Unitarian Church All Soul House of worship
    1,180 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    110 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    650 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    690 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    1,010 feet
  2. Morton Williams Supermarket
    1,280 feet
  3. D'Agostino Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  3. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 115 places to eat and 11 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 2nd Avenue or East 79th 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.