East 78th Street & East 78th Street Pedestrian Overpass

East 78th Street and East 78th Street Pedestrian Overpass meet at a three-way junction in Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. John Jay Pool is 260 feet away. The nearest bus stop, York Av/E 79 St, is 660 feet away for the M31, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 18 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
FDR Drive
0.4 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
660 feet
York Av/E 79 St · M31
Within a walk
19 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 3 schools and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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East 78th Street & East 78th Street Pedestrian Overpass Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is York Av/E 79 St, 660 feet away, for the M31.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. York Av/E 79 St M31 · Shelter · Countdown sign
    660 feet
    M31
    Shelter · Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. M31 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on East 78th Street and East 78th Street Pedestrian Overpass.

  • 21 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 1 Ave & E 78 St 57 docks in all
    0.3 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at FDR Drive & East 78th Street, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1855 1st Avenue Gas station
    1.1 miles
  2. 1385 York Avenue Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1,030 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2022.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10075
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 8
City Council district
5
Police precinct
19
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island
Elevation
20 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 6,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 117 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 21 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Beaux-Arts and neo-Renaissance. They were mostly built between 1904 and 1911.

  1. East River Homes / Cherokee Apartments Designated landmark
    150 feet
  2. Bishop Henry Codman Memorial Buildings Designated landmark
    200 feet
  3. Junior League Hotel for Women Designated landmark
    250 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in John Jay Park.

  1. Eaphae-Aekyad #2 Sculpture by Douglas Abdell, 1979
    380 feet
  2. Kryeti-Aekyad #2 Sculpture by Douglas Abdell, 1979
    450 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 158 Bayard Taylor School
    500 feet
  2. Yorkville East Middle School
    500 feet
  3. Insur Ed Trade or language school
    780 feet
Show all 8
  1. Town School
    1,160 feet
  2. Eastside Day School Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,190 feet
  3. York Avenue Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,190 feet
  4. Hopscotch Montessori Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,220 feet
  5. Chabad-Lubavitch of the Upper East Side Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. John Jay Park
    40 feet
  2. John Jay Park Playground
    40 feet
  3. Pavilion in John Jay Park Park feature
    350 feet
Show all 4
  1. East River Walk Park
    440 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Austen House Public space
    1,050 feet
  2. Public space at Caldwell Public space
    1,240 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. City & Suburban Homes Company's York Avenue Estate Listed historic place
    120 feet
  2. Webster Library
    620 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. John Jay Pool Swimming pool
    260 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    900 feet

Supermarkets

  1. D'Agostino Supermarket
    1,000 feet
  2. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and five food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 78th Street or East 78th Street Pedestrian Overpass.

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