FDR Drive & East 99th Street

FDR Drive and East 99th Street meet at a three-way junction in East Harlem (South), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. East River Esplanade is 100 feet away, and Playground 103 CIII is 1,020 feet away. The nearest subway, 96 St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, six of them schools, and four places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
96 St
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
520 feet
1 Av/E 99 St · M15
Within a walk
15 places
6 schools, 3 parks and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
FDR Drive & East 99th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 96 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. 96 St Q
    0.4 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 1 Av/E 99 St, 520 feet away, for the M15.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 1 Av/E 99 St M15 · Shelter
    520 feet
    M15
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 2 Ave & E 99 St 31 docks in all
    1,210 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive northbound at East 96th Street, 940 feet by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 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
6 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

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 1973 and 2003.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 33 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 schools
  • 3 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 1 community center
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Innovation Charter High School
    300 feet
  2. M.S. 224 Manhattan East School for Arts & Academics School
    300 feet
  3. Success Academy Charter School - Harlem 3 School
    300 feet
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  1. Central Park East II School
    600 feet
  2. NYC Autism Charter School East Harlem School
    600 feet
  3. Young Minds In Motion Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    990 feet
  4. The Judith S. Kaye School
    1,130 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. East River Esplanade Park
    100 feet
  2. Stanley Isaacs Playground
    610 feet
  3. Playground 103 CIII Park
    1,020 feet
Show all 5
  1. Harlem RBI Park
    1,040 feet
  2. Marx Brothers Playground
    1,190 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 10 Ambulance station
    1,060 feet
  2. Metropolitan Hospital Center Hospital
    1,090 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at East River Community center
    1,060 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four 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, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 99th 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.