FDR Drive & Queens Midtown Tunnel

FDR Drive and Queens Midtown Tunnel meet at a four-way crossing in Murray Hill-Kips Bay, Manhattan. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. East River Esplanade is 200 feet away, and Church of the Covenant is 1,160 feet away. The nearest subway, Grand Central-42 St, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 4, 5, 6, 7 and S. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, three of them parks, and four places to eat.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest subway
Grand Central-42 St
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · 4, 5, 6, 7, S
Nearest bus stop
390 feet
E 41 St/1 Av · M42
Within a walk
12 places
3 parks, 3 playgrounds and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
FDR Drive & Queens Midtown Tunnel Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Grand Central-42 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  1. Grand Central-42 St 4, 5, 6, 7, S
    0.4 miles
    4 5 6 7 S

Next trains at this station

Uptown
3 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. 5 …
  3. 6 …
Downtown
3 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. 5 …
  3. 6 …
Queens
1 line
  1. 7 …
Hudson Yards
1 line
  1. 7 …
Times Square
1 line
  1. S …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists five works at the Grand Central-42 St station, among them “Fast Track and Speedwheels” (1990) by Dan Sinclair and “Grand Central: Arches, Towers, Pyramids” (2000) by Jackie Ferrara.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 41 St/1 Av, 390 feet away, for the M42.

  • 23 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 41 St/1 Av M42
    390 feet
    M42

Next buses at this stop

  1. M42 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 1 Ave & E 42 St 62 docks in all
    680 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive northbound, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 466 10th Avenue Gas station
    2 miles
  2. 240 East 39th Street Charging for electric cars, 15 Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10017
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 6
City Council district
4
Police precinct
17
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Murray Hill-Kips Bay

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,200 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 1929 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Four buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Tudor Revival, and built between 1870 and 1930.

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in Trygve Lie Plaza.

  1. Peace Clock Kinetic sculpture by Lina Viste Gronli, 2016
    570 feet
  2. The Isaiah Wall Memorial wall, 1948
    730 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 parks
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 public spaces
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Vivvi 11 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    990 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Robert Moses Playground
    40 feet
  2. East River Esplanade Park
    200 feet
  3. Trygve Lie Plaza
    670 feet
Show all 6
  1. Ralph Bunche Park
    670 feet
  2. Mary O'Connor Playground
    930 feet
  3. Tudor Grove Playground
    950 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at East River Realty North Public space
    1,110 feet
  2. Public space at Unicef House Public space
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Peace Form One Sculpture Monument or memorial
    830 feet
  2. Tudor City Historic District Listed historic place
    940 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Church of the Covenant House of worship
    1,160 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and one food store.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, three of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along FDR Drive or Queens Midtown Tunnel.

Sources: MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYPD, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.