2nd Avenue & East 81st Street

The four-way crossing of 2nd Avenue and East 81st Street is in Upper East Side-Yorkville, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 19 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Upper East Side Rehabilitation and Nursing Center is 910 feet away, and Gracie Post Office is 1,180 feet away. The nearest subway, 86 St, is about two minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 133 places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
19 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
630 feet · 2 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
2 Av/E 82 St · M15
Within a walk
27 places
9 religious buildings, 8 public spaces and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
2nd Avenue & East 81st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 86 St, 630 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 86 St Q
    630 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
    0.5 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 2 Av/E 82 St, 170 feet away, for the M15.

  • 19 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 2 Av/E 82 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.

  • 71 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. 3 Ave & E 82 St 43 docks in all
    760 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at FDR Drive & East 78th Street, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1855 1st Avenue Gas station
    1 mile
  2. 305 East 80th Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    510 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 19 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2018

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10028
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 8
City Council district
5
Police precinct
19
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Upper East Side-Yorkville
Elevation
52 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

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

Since 2014 at least 61 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 65 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2021 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 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of 2nd Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-2PM SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No standing 4 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 81st Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of East 81st Street

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 109406, 111436 and 111698.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Palladian-inspired, and built in 1902.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 8 public spaces
  • 5 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
    230 feet
  2. P.S. 290 Manhattan New School
    560 feet
  3. Primrose of Manhattan at East 82nd Street Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    650 feet
Show all 6
  1. St. Ignatius Loyola School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,200 feet
  2. St Stephen of Hungary School
    1,200 feet
  3. All Souls School Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,250 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Continental Towers Public space
    620 feet
  2. Public space at Camargue Public space
    680 feet
  3. Public space at East Winds Public space
    770 feet
Show all 8
  1. Public space at 401 East 80th Street Public space
    950 feet
  2. Public space at Wimbledon Public space
    950 feet
  3. Public space at America Public space
    1,070 feet
  4. Public space at Kenilworth Public space
    1,140 feet
  5. Public space at 353 East 83rd Street Public space
    1,300 feet

Health care

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Yorkville Library Landmark · listed historic place
    1,020 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Hungarian Baptist Church House of worship
    420 feet
  2. Temple Shaaray Tefila Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    640 feet
  3. Unitarian Church All Soul House of worship
    1,250 feet
Show all 4
  1. Zion St Marks Evangelical Lutheran Church Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Gracie Post Office
    1,180 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    660 feet
  2. Apple Bank Bank branch
    790 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    730 feet
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Fairway Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    980 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 133 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 81st 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.