East 85th Street & East End Avenue

East 85th Street and East End Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Upper East Side-Yorkville, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Carl Schurz Main Lawn in Carl Schurz Park is 30 feet away, and East River Walk is 1,290 feet away. The nearest subway, 86 St, is about eight minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, three of them park features, and 11 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
910 feet
York Av/E 84 St · M31
Within a walk
15 places
3 park features, 3 public spaces and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 85th Street & East End Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 86 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. 86 St Q
    0.4 miles
    Q

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. Q …
Downtown
1 line
  1. 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 York Av/E 84 St, 910 feet away, for the M31.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. York Av/E 84 St M31 · Shelter
    910 feet
    M31
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M31 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. East End Ave & E 86 St 27 docks in all
    440 feet

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
    0.8 miles
  2. 170 East End Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    690 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, July 2014
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10028
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 8
City Council district
5
Police precinct
19
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Upper East Side-Yorkville
Elevation
35 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 4,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 35 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 263 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 23 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2020 and March 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 85th Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of East 85th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of East End Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 21 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Queen Anne, and built between 1880 and 1882.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 park features
  • 3 public spaces
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 parks
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Chapin School
    270 feet
  2. Clarke Schools for Hearing and Speech Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    490 feet
  3. Clarke School - NYC Preschool
    520 feet
Show all 4
  1. Brearley School
    860 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Carl Schurz Main Lawn in Carl Schurz Park Park feature
    30 feet
  2. Carl Schurz Park
    70 feet
  3. Catbird Playground
    100 feet
Show all 6
  1. Carl Schurz Promenade in Carl Schurz Park Park feature
    590 feet
  2. Peter Pan Statue in Carl Schurz Park Park feature
    750 feet
  3. East River Walk Park
    1,290 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 60 East End Avenue Public space
    840 feet
  2. Public space at 444 East 86th Street Public space
    1,120 feet
  3. Public space at Channel Club Public space
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Henderson Place Historic District Listed historic place
    530 feet
  2. Archibald Gracie Mansion Listed historic place
    730 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    1,260 feet
  2. D'Agostino Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and six food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 85th 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, 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.