FDR Drive & East 34th Street

FDR Drive and East 34th Street (East 34th Street) meet at a four-way crossing in Murray Hill-Kips Bay, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. NYU Langone Hospitals is 820 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Marginal St/E 34 St, is 170 feet away for the M34 SBS, and 31 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, two of them parks, and 15 places to eat. A bus lane runs along East 34th Street, all day.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
FDR Drive
a ramp starts at this corner
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
Marginal St/E 34 St · M34 SBS
Within a walk
13 places
5 public spaces, 2 parks and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
FDR Drive & East 34th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Marginal St/E 34 St, 170 feet away, for the M34 SBS.

  • 31 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Marginal St/E 34 St M34 SBS
    170 feet
    M34 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. M34 SBS …

Live arrivals

East 34th Street carries a bus lane, all day, every day.

Cycling

  • 17 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. FDR Drive & E 35 St 123 docks in all
    560 feet

By car

A ramp to the FDR Drive southbound starts at this corner.

  1. 466 10th Avenue Gas station
    1.8 miles
  2. 332-342 East 34th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    600 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

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. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10016
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 6
City Council district
4
Police precinct
17
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Murray Hill-Kips Bay
Elevation
8 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 3,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 160 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 34 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 public spaces
  • 2 parks
  • 1 college
  • 1 ferry landing
  • 1 hospital
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The River School
    720 feet
  2. NYU School of Medicine College
    820 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. East River Esplanade Park
    670 feet
  2. St. Vartan Park
    740 feet
  3. St. Vartan Park Playground
    890 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Rivergate Public space
    190 feet
  2. Public space at The Water Club Public space
    550 feet
  3. Public space at East River Realty South Public space
    900 feet
Show all 5
  1. Public space at Manhattan Place Public space
    950 feet
  2. Public space at 300 East 34th Street Public space
    1,080 feet

Health care

  1. NYU Langone Hospitals Hospital
    820 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Vartan Armenian Church House of worship
    1,190 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Other places

  1. E 34 St Midtown East Ferry Landing
    530 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and two food stores.

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A signal or safety change
  • A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 34th Street or FDR Drive.

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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.