East 79th Street & East End Avenue

East 79th Street and East End Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Junior League Hotel for Women, one of two Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 200 feet away. The nearest bus stop, E 79 St/East End Av, is 240 feet away for the M79 SBS. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, five of them day care or pre-K sites, and six places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
FDR Drive
370 feet by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
240 feet
E 79 St/East End Av · M79 SBS
Within a walk
19 places
5 day care or pre-K sites, 3 public spaces and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 79th Street & East End Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 79 St/East End Av, 240 feet away, for the M79 SBS.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 79 St/East End Av M79 SBS
    240 feet
    M79 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. M79 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 11 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 82 St & East End Ave 33 docks in all
    880 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at FDR Drive & East 78th Street, 370 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 1855 1st Avenue Gas station
    1.1 miles
  2. 55 East End Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    860 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 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
13 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 4,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 15 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2019 and April 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 79th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of East End Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of East End Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

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. Junior League Hotel for Women Designated landmark
    200 feet
  2. Bishop Henry Codman Memorial Buildings Designated landmark
    230 feet
  3. East River Homes / Cherokee Apartments Designated landmark
    520 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
    730 feet
  2. Kryeti-Aekyad #2 Sculpture by Douglas Abdell, 1979
    790 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 public spaces
  • 3 schools
  • 2 parks
  • 1 library
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Clarke Schools for Hearing and Speech Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,120 feet
  2. Eastside Day School Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,150 feet
  3. P.S. 158 Bayard Taylor School
    1,180 feet
Show all 8
  1. York Avenue Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,150 feet
  2. Yorkville East Middle School
    1,180 feet
  3. Hopscotch Montessori Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,180 feet
  4. Clarke School - NYC Preschool
    1,210 feet
  5. Brearley School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. East River Walk Park
    250 feet
  2. John Jay Park
    410 feet
  3. John Jay Park Playground
    590 feet
Show all 4
  1. Pavilion in John Jay Park Park feature
    630 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Austen House Public space
    370 feet
  2. Public space at 60 East End Avenue Public space
    1,020 feet
  3. Public space at Caldwell Public space
    1,040 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. City & Suburban Homes Company's York Avenue Estate Listed historic place
    800 feet
  2. Webster Library
    1,150 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. John Jay Pool Swimming pool
    430 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    860 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 79th Street or East End Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, 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.