FDR Drive & East 97th Street

FDR Drive and East 97th Street meet at a three-way junction in East Harlem (South), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 24 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Stanley Isaacs Playground is 50 feet away, and Stanley M Isaacs Neighborhood Center is 1,060 feet away. The nearest subway, 96 St, is about five minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, eight of them schools, and six places to eat.

Safety record
19 hurt
24 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
96 St
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
280 feet
1 Av/E 97 St · M15 SBS
Within a walk
17 places
8 schools, 2 playgrounds and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
FDR Drive & East 97th 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 five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 96 St Q
    0.3 miles
    Q

Next trains at this station

Downtown
1 line
  1. Q …

Also within a walk

  1. 96 St 6
    0.5 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, 280 feet away, for the M15 SBS.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M15 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 11 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 1 Ave & E 94 St 39 docks in all
    1,150 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive northbound at East 96th Street, 380 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 1855 1st Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 215 East 96th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.3 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.

  • 19 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10029
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 11
City Council district
8
Police precinct
23
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Harlem (South)
Elevation
7 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 40 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 schools
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 public spaces
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Judith S. Kaye School
    570 feet
  2. Innovation Charter High School
    850 feet
  3. M.S. 224 Manhattan East School for Arts & Academics School
    850 feet
Show all 9
  1. Success Academy Charter School - Harlem 3 School
    850 feet
  2. The High School for Climate Justice School
    960 feet
  3. Central Park East II School
    1,150 feet
  4. NYC Autism Charter School East Harlem School
    1,150 feet
  5. Young Minds In Motion Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,300 feet
  6. Trevor Day School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Stanley Isaacs Playground
    50 feet
  2. East River Esplanade Park
    170 feet
  3. Marx Brothers Playground
    640 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 1850 Second Avenue Public space
    1,180 feet
  2. Public space at Mill Rock Plaza Public space
    1,200 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 10 Ambulance station
    860 feet
  2. Metropolitan Hospital Center Hospital
    880 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Stanley M Isaacs Neighborhood Center Older adult center
    1,060 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and five 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, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 97th 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.