2nd Avenue & East 80th Street

The four-way crossing of 2nd Avenue and East 80th Street is in Upper East Side-Yorkville, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Hungarian Baptist Church is 360 feet away, and Unitarian Church All Soul is 1,140 feet away. The nearest subway, 86 St, is about three minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 127 places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
890 feet · 3 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
380 feet
E 79 St/2 Av · M79 SBS
Within a walk
24 places
9 religious buildings, 6 public spaces and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
2nd Avenue & East 80th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 86 St, 890 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 86 St Q
    890 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. 72 St Q
    0.4 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, 380 feet away, for the M79 SBS.

  • 23 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 79 St/2 Av M79 SBS · Shelter
    380 feet
    M79 SBS
    Shelter

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.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 78 St & 2 Ave 25 docks in all
    630 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
    0.9 miles
  2. 305 East 80th Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    240 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2018

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-Yorkville
Elevation
49 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

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

Since 2014 at least 28 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 61 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 50 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2020 and March 2026, 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
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of 2nd Avenue

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-2PM SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM 2PM-7PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 3AM-7AM ALL DAYS

North side of East 80th Street

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of East 80th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 109229, 111436 and 114518.

Landmarks and historic districts

Five 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 24 public places.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 6 public spaces
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 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
    40 feet
  2. P.S. 290 Manhattan New School
    820 feet
  3. Primrose of Manhattan at East 82nd Street Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    920 feet
Show all 5
  1. Caedmon School
    1,070 feet
  2. All Souls School Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,140 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Continental Towers Public space
    360 feet
  2. Public space at East Winds Public space
    780 feet
  3. Public space at Kenilworth Public space
    880 feet
Show all 6
  1. Public space at Camargue Public space
    940 feet
  2. Public space at 401 East 80th Street Public space
    1,000 feet
  3. Public space at Wimbledon Public space
    1,220 feet

Health care

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Yorkville Library Landmark · listed historic place
    750 feet
  2. Houses at 208-218 East 78th Street Listed historic place
    1,150 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Hungarian Baptist Church House of worship
    360 feet
  2. Temple Shaaray Tefila Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    370 feet
  3. Unitarian Church All Soul House of worship
    1,140 feet
Show all 4
  1. Yorkville Synagogue Congregation Bnai Jehuda House of worship
    1,170 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    400 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    940 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    970 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    1,000 feet
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    1,300 feet
  3. D'Agostino Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,240 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 127 places to eat and 13 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 80th 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, 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.