FDR Drive & East 70th Street
FDR Drive and East 70th Street meet at a three-way junction in Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. East River Walk is 40 feet away. The nearest subway, 72 St, is about nine minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them hospitals, and 12 places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1964 and 1987, most in buildings of ten homes or more.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredSubway
The nearest subway station is 72 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.
- 72 St Q0.4 milesQ
Next trains at this station
Uptown
1 line- Q …
Downtown
1 line- Q …
The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Perfect Strangers” (2017) by Vik Muniz at the 72 St station.
Bus
The nearest bus stop is York Av/E 69 St, 950 feet away, for the M31.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- York Av/E 69 St M31 · Shelter950 feetM31
Next buses at this stop
- M31 …
Cycling
- 21 bicycle racks within 820 feet
Nearest bike-share station
- E 72 St & York Ave 29 docks in all1,320 feet
By car
A ramp to the FDR Drive southbound starts at this corner.
- 1855 1st Avenue Gas station1.6 miles
- 1365 York Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers0.3 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.
- 8 people injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2025.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 10021
- 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
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1964 and 1987.
Trees
NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedEight public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 3 hospitals
- 2 day care or pre-K sites
- 1 college
- 1 nursing home or hospice
- 1 park
Schools and child care
- Cornell Univ Medical Campus College1,090 feet
- Bright Horizons Children's Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 51,100 feet
- The William Woodward Jr. Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 51,100 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- East River Walk Park40 feet
Health care
- Hospital for Special Surgery Hospital190 feet
- New York-Presbyterian Hospital - New York Weill Cornell Center Hospital520 feet
- Mary Manning Walsh Nursing Home Co Nursing home or hospice1,130 feet
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- New York-Presbyterian David H. Koch Center Hospital1,240 feet
Supermarkets
- Morton Williams Supermarket0.3 miles
Pharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and one food store.
Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change, a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, one of them within a three-minute walk:
- York Avenue & East 70th Street 700 feet
- York Avenue & East 71st Street 960 feet
- York Avenue & East 69th Street 960 feet
- York Avenue & East 68th Street 1,220 feet
- York Avenue & East 72nd Street 1,240 feet
- 1st Avenue & East 70th Street 0.3 miles
- York Avenue & East 67th Street 0.3 miles
- York Avenue & East 73rd Street 0.3 miles
See every intersection along East 70th Street or FDR Drive.