FDR Drive & York Avenue

FDR Drive and York Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Upper East Side-Yorkville, Manhattan. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Stanley M Isaacs Neighborhood Center is 570 feet away. The nearest subway, 96 St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 21 places to eat. About 3,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1964 and 1986, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
96 St
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
190 feet
E 92 St/York Av · M31, M86 SBS
Within a walk
16 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 4 public spaces and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
FDR Drive & York Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 96 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven 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, 190 feet away, for the M31 and M86 SBS.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 92 St/York Av M31, M86 SBS
    190 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
    910 feet

By car

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

  1. 1855 1st Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 1675 York Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    1,150 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10028
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
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 3,300 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.

Trees

NYC Parks records 77 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Modern, and built between 1941 and 1944.

  1. Municipal Asphalt Plant Designated landmark
    730 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. The Goddard School Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    50 feet
  2. Gillen Brewer School
    650 feet
  3. Eisman Day Nursery Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    780 feet
Show all 6
  1. The Art Farm Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    930 feet
  2. Association to Benefit Children Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    990 feet
  3. East Side Middle School
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. East River Esplanade Park
    120 feet
  2. Asphalt Green Park
    190 feet
  3. DeKovats Playground
    220 feet
Show all 4
  1. Stanley Isaacs Playground
    830 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Plymouth Tower Public space
    960 feet
  2. Public space at East River Towers Public space
    980 feet
  3. Public space at Mill Rock Plaza Public space
    980 feet
Show all 4
  1. Public space at Andover Public space
    1,210 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food 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 21 places to eat and seven food stores.

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, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along FDR Drive or York Avenue.

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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.