FDR Drive & East 60th Street

FDR Drive and East 60th Street 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. Twenty-Four Sycamores Park is 30 feet away. The nearest subway, Lexington Av/59 St, is about nine minutes on foot, and seven subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, seven of them parks, and 14 places to eat. About 2,700 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Lexington Av/59 St
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · 4, 5, 6, N, R, W
Nearest bus stop
240 feet
York Av/E 60 St · M31
Within a walk
15 places
7 parks, 3 public spaces and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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FDR Drive & East 60th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Lexington Av/59 St, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 6 lines at the nearest station
  • 7 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lexington Av/59 St 4, 5, 6, N, R, W
    0.5 miles
    4 5 6 N R W

Next trains at this station

Uptown
3 lines
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Downtown
6 lines
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Queens
3 lines
  1. N …
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Also within a walk

  1. Roosevelt Island M
    0.5 miles
    M

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Blooming” (1996) by Elizabeth Murray at the Lexington Av/59 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is York Av/E 60 St, 240 feet away, for the M31.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. York Av/E 60 St M31
    240 feet
    M31

Next buses at this stop

  1. M31 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 9 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 60 St & York Ave 33 docks in all
    300 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive northbound at FDR Drive & East 62nd Street, 940 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 1855 1st Avenue Gas station
    2 miles
  2. 420 East 61st Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    810 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 miles

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 April 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10065
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 8
City Council district
5
Police precinct
19
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Federal, and built in 1799.

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in Andrew Haswell Green Park.

  1. East River Roundabout Sculpture by Alice Aycock, 1995
    250 feet
  2. Boar Statue by Pietro Tacca, 1972
    820 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 parks
  • 3 public spaces
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 museum
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Bright Horizons Children's Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    740 feet
  2. Rockefeller Child and Family Center Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Twenty-Four Sycamores Park
    30 feet
  2. Twenty-Four Sycamores Park Playground
    80 feet
  3. Andrew Haswell Green Park
    110 feet
Show all 8
  1. Queensboro Oval Park
    260 feet
  2. East River Walk Park
    720 feet
  3. Sutton Parks Park
    930 feet
  4. Sutton Place Park
    1,200 feet
  5. Honey Locust Park
    1,290 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Sovereign Public space
    850 feet
  2. Public space at Bridge Tower Place Public space
    900 feet
  3. Public space at Grand Sutton Public space
    980 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Mount Vernon Hotel Museum Landmark · listed historic place
    770 feet
  2. Sutton Place Historic District Listed historic place
    1,000 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    920 feet
  2. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 60th Street or FDR Drive.

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