East 59th Street & Riverview Terrace

East 59th Street and Riverview Terrace meet at a three-way junction in East Midtown-Turtle Bay, Manhattan. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. East River Walk is 70 feet away. The nearest subway, Roosevelt Island, is about ten minutes on foot, for the M. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, seven of them parks, and 16 places to eat. About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more. NYC Parks records 34 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest subway
Roosevelt Island
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
390 feet
Sutton Pl/Sutton Sq · M31
Within a walk
15 places
7 parks, 4 public spaces and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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East 59th Street & Riverview Terrace Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Roosevelt Island, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  1. Roosevelt Island M
    0.5 miles
    M

Next trains at this station

Queens
1 line
  1. M …
Downtown
1 line
  1. M …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Convex Disk at Roosevelt Island” (1996) by Robert Hickman at the Roosevelt Island station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Sutton Pl/Sutton Sq, 390 feet away, for the M31.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sutton Pl/Sutton Sq M31
    390 feet
    M31

Next buses at this stop

  1. M31 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 8 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 60 St & York Ave 33 docks in all
    450 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at 1st Avenue, 1,040 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 1855 1st Avenue Gas station
    2 miles
  2. 420 East 61st Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1,100 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10022
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 6
City Council district
4 and 5 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
17 and 19 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Midtown-Turtle Bay

The streets

  • One travel lane

Homes

About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 34 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 3 signs on these blocks
  • 1 rule

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in September 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of East 59th Street

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Federal, and built in 1799.

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in Andrew Haswell Green Park.

  1. East River Roundabout Sculpture by Alice Aycock, 1995
    490 feet
  2. Boar Statue by Pietro Tacca, 1972
    540 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 parks
  • 4 public spaces
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 museum
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Bright Horizons Children's Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    960 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Andrew Haswell Green Park
    60 feet
  2. East River Walk Park
    70 feet
  3. Sutton Parks Park
    260 feet
Show all 8
  1. Queensboro Oval Park
    270 feet
  2. Twenty-Four Sycamores Park
    530 feet
  3. Twenty-Four Sycamores Park Playground
    560 feet
  4. Sutton Place Park
    950 feet
  5. Honey Locust Park
    1,160 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Sovereign Public space
    610 feet
  2. Public space at Grand Sutton Public space
    730 feet
  3. Public space at New Yorker East Public space
    1,100 feet
Show all 4
  1. Public space at Bridge Tower Place Public space
    1,170 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Sutton Place Historic District Listed historic place
    410 feet
  2. Mount Vernon Hotel Museum Landmark · listed historic place
    1,060 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    880 feet
  2. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and three food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 59th Street or Riverview Terrace.

Sources: MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYPD, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.