East 86th Street & Henderson Place

East 86th Street and Henderson Place meet at a three-way junction in Upper East Side-Yorkville, Manhattan. The corner lies on the edge of the Henderson Place Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Peter Pan Statue in Carl Schurz Park is 660 feet away. The nearest subway, 86 St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 14 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
640 feet
York Av/E 86 St · M31
Within a walk
16 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 park features and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 86th Street & Henderson Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 86 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. 86 St Q
    0.3 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 86 St, 640 feet away, for the M31.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. York Av/E 86 St M31 · Countdown sign
    640 feet
    M31
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. M31 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 26 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at York Avenue & East 92nd Street, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1855 1st Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 170 East End Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    590 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash 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 foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

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

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 5,400 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 111 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in July 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 86th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 7:30AM-8AM

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Henderson Place Historic District.

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 22 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Queen Anne. They were mostly built between 1880 and 1882.

  1. Gracie Mansion Designated landmark
    720 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Chapin School
    740 feet
  2. Clarke Schools for Hearing and Speech Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    960 feet
  3. Clarke School - NYC Preschool
    990 feet
Show all 5
  1. Association to Benefit Children Preschool
    1,000 feet
  2. St Joseph's School-Yorkville School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Carl Schurz Main Lawn in Carl Schurz Park Park feature
    220 feet
  2. Carl Schurz Park
    270 feet
  3. Catbird Playground
    430 feet
Show all 6
  1. Carl Schurz Promenade in Carl Schurz Park Park feature
    500 feet
  2. Peter Pan Statue in Carl Schurz Park Park feature
    660 feet
  3. Asphalt Green Park
    1,310 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Channel Club Public space
    800 feet
  2. Public space at 444 East 86th Street Public space
    840 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Henderson Place Historic District Listed historic place
    210 feet
  2. Archibald Gracie Mansion Listed historic place
    640 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    680 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    790 feet
  2. Fairway Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. D'Agostino Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,260 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other places

  1. East 90 Street Ferry Landing
    1,290 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and five food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 86th Street.

Sources: NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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 Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.