FDR Drive & East 61st Street

FDR Drive and East 61st Street meet at a five-way junction in Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 24 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Andrew Haswell Green Park is 80 feet away. The nearest subway, Lexington Av/59 St, is about ten minutes on foot, for the 4, 5, 6, N, R and W. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, five of them parks, and 17 places to eat. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
8 hurt
24 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Lexington Av/59 St
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · 4, 5, 6, N, R, W
Nearest bus stop
450 feet
York Av/E 60 St · M31
Within a walk
13 places
5 parks, 3 public spaces and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
FDR Drive & East 61st 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 ten minutes on foot.

  • 6 lines at the nearest station
  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
  1. 4 …
  2. 5 …
  3. 6 …
Downtown
6 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. 5 …
  3. 6 …
  4. N …
  5. R …
  6. W …
Queens
3 lines
  1. N …
  2. R …
  3. W …

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, 450 feet away, for the M31.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M31 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive northbound at FDR Drive & East 62nd Street, 700 feet by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 24 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

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
Elevation
6 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 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 one work near this corner, in Andrew Haswell Green Park.

  1. East River Roundabout Sculpture by Alice Aycock, 1995
    170 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 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
    980 feet
  2. Rockefeller Child and Family Center Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,040 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Twenty-Four Sycamores Park
    30 feet
  2. Andrew Haswell Green Park
    80 feet
  3. Twenty-Four Sycamores Park Playground
    90 feet
Show all 6
  1. Queensboro Oval Park
    500 feet
  2. East River Walk Park
    960 feet
  3. Sutton Parks Park
    1,170 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Bridge Tower Place Public space
    810 feet
  2. Public space at Sovereign Public space
    1,090 feet
  3. Public space at Grand Sutton Public space
    1,220 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Mount Vernon Hotel Museum Landmark · listed historic place
    530 feet
  2. Sutton Place Historic District Listed historic place
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    1,160 feet
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 61st Street or FDR Drive.

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