2nd Avenue & East 85th Street

The four-way crossing of 2nd Avenue and East 85th Street is in Upper East Side-Yorkville, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 22 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. In 2025, 630 bus-lane camera tickets were recorded here. Gracie Post Office is 220 feet away. The nearest subway, 86 St, is about a minute on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, seven of them day care or pre-K sites, and 125 places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
22 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
320 feet · 1 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
380 feet
2 Av/E 84 St · M15
Within a walk
27 places
10 public spaces, 7 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
2nd Avenue & East 85th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 86 St, 320 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 86 St Q
    320 feet
    Q

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 86 St 4, 5, 6
    0.3 miles
    4 5 6
  2. 96 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 2 Av/E 84 St, 380 feet away, for the M15.

  • 19 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 2 Av/E 84 St M15
    380 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.

  • 62 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 3 of them on-street corrals
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 85 St & 3 Ave 39 docks in all
    600 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at York Avenue & East 92nd Street, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1855 1st Avenue Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 305 East 80th Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 22 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2018

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 630 bus-lane camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 127th most of the 174 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 3, 64 more were issued.

Every corner with bus-lane camera tickets

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
65 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 8,700 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 68 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2016 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 2nd Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-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

North side of East 85th Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY US POSTAL SERVICE
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 85th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 112127, 112774 and 114816.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and three buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as French Gothic, French Renaissance and Italian Renaissance Revival, one each. They were built between 1896 and 1905.

  1. Yorkville Bank Building Designated landmark
    590 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 10 public spaces
  • 7 day care or pre-K sites
  • 6 religious buildings
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. St. Ignatius Loyola School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    670 feet
  2. International Preschools Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    780 feet
  3. Manhattan Schoolhouse Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    920 feet
Show all 8
  1. Association to Benefit Children Preschool
    1,030 feet
  2. P.S. 290 Manhattan New School
    1,090 feet
  3. Primrose of Manhattan at East 82nd Street Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,180 feet
  4. All My Children Day Care and Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,270 feet
  5. MSH 1538 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,290 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at America Public space
    140 feet
  2. Public space at Camargue Public space
    500 feet
  3. Public space at Newbury Public space
    530 feet
Show all 10
  1. Public space at Corniche Public space
    700 feet
  2. Public space at Adams Tower Public space
    780 feet
  3. Public space at Park Lane Towers Public space
    1,010 feet
  4. Public space at Evans Tower Public space
    1,010 feet
  5. Public space at Dunhill Public space
    1,050 feet
  6. Public space at 353 East 83rd Street Public space
    1,050 feet
  7. Public space at Strathmore Public space
    1,170 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Sidewalk Clock at 1501 3rd Avenue, Manhattan Listed historic place
    770 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Zion St Marks Evangelical Lutheran Church Listed historic place
    520 feet
  2. Holy Trinity Episcopal Church Landmark · listed historic place
    1,030 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Gracie Post Office
    220 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 10/Engine 22/Ladder 13 Fire station
    1,070 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    310 feet
  2. Capital One Bank branch
    390 feet
  3. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    680 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fairway Market Supermarket
    520 feet
  2. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    1,320 feet
  3. D'Agostino Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    510 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,160 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 125 places to eat and 16 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 85th 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, 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.