2nd Avenue & East 87th Street

The four-way crossing of 2nd Avenue and East 87th 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. Parsonage of Holy Trinity Church (Rhinelander Memorial), one of three Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 550 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 20 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 125 places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
19 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
320 feet · 1 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
90 feet
2 Av/E 87 St · M15, M15 SBS
Within a walk
20 places
8 public spaces, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
2nd Avenue & East 87th 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
    0.3 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 2 Av/E 87 St, 90 feet away, for the M15 and M15 SBS.

  • 20 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 2 Av/E 87 St M15, M15 SBS
    90 feet
    M15 M15 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. M15 …
  2. M15 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.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 88 St & 1 Ave 39 docks in all
    910 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at York Avenue & East 92nd Street, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1855 1st Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 141 East 89th Street Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    1,250 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
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2018

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10128
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 8
City Council district
5
Police precinct
19
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Upper East Side-Yorkville
Elevation
56 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 9,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the common hackberry and the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2017 and April 2024; 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 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 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-2PM SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM 2PM-7PM

North side of East 87th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of East 87th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 109080 and 110517.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and four buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as French Renaissance. They were built between 1896 and 1905.

  1. Parsonage of Holy Trinity Church (Rhinelander Memorial) Designated landmark
    550 feet
  2. Yorkville Bank Building Designated landmark
    750 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 public spaces
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Association to Benefit Children Preschool
    460 feet
  2. International Preschools Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    780 feet
  3. St Joseph's School-Yorkville School
    1,030 feet
Show all 5
  1. St. Ignatius Loyola School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,230 feet
  2. Sunshine LC of 91st Street Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Ruppert Park
    840 feet
  2. Ruppert Park Playground
    930 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Corniche Public space
    130 feet
  2. Public space at Newbury Public space
    250 feet
  3. Public space at America Public space
    700 feet
Show all 8
  1. Public space at Claridge House Public space
    750 feet
  2. Public space at Camargue Public space
    1,060 feet
  3. Public space at Park Lane Towers Public space
    1,180 feet
  4. Public space at Monarch Public space
    1,200 feet
  5. Public space at 200 East 90th Street Public space
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Holy Trinity Episcopal Church Landmark · listed historic place
    460 feet
  2. Our Lady of Good Counsel Church House of worship
    900 feet
  3. Zion St Marks Evangelical Lutheran Church Listed historic place
    1,080 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Gracie Post Office
    540 feet

Bank branches

  1. Capital One Bank branch
    300 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    380 feet
  3. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    680 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fairway Market Supermarket
    520 feet
  2. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    750 feet
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    150 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,000 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 19 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 87th 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.