FDR Drive & East 96th Street

FDR Drive and East 96th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper East Side-Yorkville, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. East River Esplanade is 100 feet away, and Metropolitan Hospital Center is 1,150 feet away. The nearest subway, 96 St, is about four minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, six of them schools, and eight places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
96 St
1,050 feet · 4 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
570 feet
1 Av/E 97 St · M15 SBS
Within a walk
21 places
6 schools, 4 public spaces and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
FDR Drive & East 96th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 96 St, 1,050 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 96 St Q
    1,050 feet
    Q

Next trains at this station

Downtown
1 line
  1. Q …

Also within a walk

  1. 96 St 6
    0.4 miles
    6

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 1 Av/E 97 St, 570 feet away, for the M15 SBS.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 1 Av/E 97 St M15 SBS
    570 feet
    M15 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. M15 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 6 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
    870 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive northbound at East 96th Street, 100 feet by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported five 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 December 2025.

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 and 23 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Upper East Side-Yorkville
Elevation
6 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,400 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 1962 and 1974.

Since 2014 at least 153 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. The Judith S. Kaye School
    580 feet
  2. The High School for Climate Justice School
    680 feet
  3. Trevor Day School
    1,020 feet
Show all 9
  1. Eisman Day Nursery Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,070 feet
  2. The Goddard School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,110 feet
  3. Innovation Charter High School
    1,140 feet
  4. M.S. 224 Manhattan East School for Arts & Academics School
    1,140 feet
  5. Success Academy Charter School - Harlem 3 School
    1,140 feet
  6. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Stanley Isaacs Playground
    70 feet
  2. East River Esplanade Park
    100 feet
  3. Marx Brothers Playground
    640 feet
Show all 5
  1. Asphalt Green Park
    1,260 feet
  2. DeKovats Playground
    1,290 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 1850 Second Avenue Public space
    900 feet
  2. Public space at Mill Rock Plaza Public space
    920 feet
  3. Public space at Plymouth Tower Public space
    1,240 feet
Show all 4
  1. Public space at Normandie Court Public space
    1,250 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 10 Ambulance station
    1,130 feet
  2. Metropolitan Hospital Center Hospital
    1,150 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and four 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 96th 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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.