2nd Avenue & East 88th Street

The four-way crossing of 2nd Avenue and East 88th Street is in Upper East Side-Yorkville, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Holy Trinity Episcopal Church is 440 feet away, and Yorkville Community School is 1,140 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 23 public places, five of them day care or pre-K sites, and 116 places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
580 feet · 2 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
2 Av/E 89 St · M15
Within a walk
23 places
6 public spaces, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
2nd Avenue & East 88th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 86 St, 580 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 96 St Q
    0.3 miles
    Q
  2. 86 St 4, 5, 6
    0.3 miles
    4 5 6

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 89 St, 180 feet away, for the M15.

  • 20 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 2 Av/E 89 St M15
    180 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.

  • 68 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 4 of them on-street corrals
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at York Avenue & East 92nd Street, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1855 1st Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 360 East 89th Street Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    1,180 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

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
49 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 9,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 17 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
  • 38 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2015 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 2nd Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of 2nd Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-2PM SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM 2PM-7PM

North side of East 88th Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 88th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 109080 and 114260.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and three buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as French Renaissance. They were built between 1896 and 1897.

  1. Parsonage of Holy Trinity Church (Rhinelander Memorial) Designated landmark
    510 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

  • 6 public spaces
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 post offices
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Association to Benefit Children Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    440 feet
  2. Sunshine LC of 91st Street Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    990 feet
  3. Yorkville Community School
    1,140 feet
Show all 8
  1. International Preschools Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,040 feet
  2. Chabad Israel Center of the Upper East Side Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,080 feet
  3. Bright Horizon's at East 92nd Street Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,270 feet
  4. St Joseph's School-Yorkville School
    1,290 feet
  5. P.S. 527 - East Side School for Social Action School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Ruppert Park
    580 feet
  2. Ruppert Park Playground
    660 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Corniche Public space
    280 feet
  2. Public space at Newbury Public space
    510 feet
  3. James Cagney Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,140 feet
Show all 7
  1. Public space at Claridge House Public space
    680 feet
  2. Public space at Monarch Public space
    940 feet
  3. Public space at America Public space
    960 feet
  4. Public space at 200 East 90th Street Public space
    1,000 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Holy Trinity Episcopal Church Landmark · listed historic place
    440 feet
  2. Our Lady of Good Counsel Church House of worship
    640 feet
  3. Immanuel Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,310 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Gracie Post Office
    810 feet
  2. Yorkville Post Office
    1,250 feet

Bank branches

  1. Capital One Bank branch
    560 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    640 feet
  3. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    940 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    680 feet
  2. Fairway Market Supermarket
    790 feet
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    1,140 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    410 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,260 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 116 places to eat and 20 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 88th 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.