FDR Drive & East 93rd Street

FDR Drive and East 93rd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper East Side-Yorkville, Manhattan, at the edge of NYCHA's Holmes Towers development. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. East River Esplanade is 110 feet away. The nearest subway, 96 St, is about six minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, five of them day care or pre-K sites, and 19 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
96 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
330 feet
E 92 St/York Av · M31, M86 SBS
Within a walk
17 places
5 day care or pre-K sites, 3 public spaces and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
FDR Drive & East 93rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 96 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. 96 St Q
    0.3 miles
    Q

Next trains at this station

Downtown
1 line
  1. Q …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Blueprint for a Landscape” (2017) by Sarah Sze at the 96 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 92 St/York Av, 330 feet away, for the M31 and M86 SBS.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 92 St/York Av M31, M86 SBS
    330 feet
    M31 M86 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. M31 …
  2. M86 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 1 Ave & E 94 St 39 docks in all
    770 feet

By car

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

  1. 1855 1st Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 1675 York Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    1,300 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10128
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 8
City Council district
5 and 8 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
19
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Upper East Side-Yorkville
Elevation
9 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 3,700 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 1986.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Holmes Towers development.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 public spaces
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Goddard School Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    190 feet
  2. Eisman Day Nursery Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    650 feet
  3. Gillen Brewer School
    790 feet
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  1. The Art Farm Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,060 feet
  2. Association to Benefit Children Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,130 feet
  3. East Side Middle School
    1,220 feet
  4. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. East River Esplanade Park
    110 feet
  2. Asphalt Green Park
    330 feet
  3. DeKovats Playground
    360 feet
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  1. Stanley Isaacs Playground
    690 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Plymouth Tower Public space
    820 feet
  2. Public space at Mill Rock Plaza Public space
    840 feet
  3. Public space at East River Towers Public space
    1,120 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Municipal Asphalt Plant Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Stanley M Isaacs Neighborhood Center Older adult center
    440 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and eight food stores.

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, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 93rd 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, NYCHA, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.