John Finley Walk & East 71st Street Pedestrian Overpass
John Finley Walk and East 71st Street Pedestrian Overpass meet at a three-way junction in Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island, Manhattan. The corner stands inside East River Walk. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. David H. Koch Center for Cancer Care is 940 feet away. The nearest subway, 72 St, is about ten minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them hospitals, and seven places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along one of the streets meeting here.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredSubway
The nearest subway station is 72 St, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.
- 72 St Q0.5 milesQ
Next trains at this station
Uptown
1 line- Q …
Downtown
1 line- Q …
The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Perfect Strangers” (2017) by Vik Muniz at the 72 St station.
Bus
The nearest bus stop is York Av/E 72 St, 1,030 feet away, for the M31.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- York Av/E 72 St M31 · Shelter1,030 feetM31
Next buses at this stop
- M31 …
Cycling
A bike lane separated from traffic runs on East 71st Street Pedestrian Overpass and John Finley Walk.
- 19 bicycle racks within 820 feet
Nearest bike-share station
- E 72 St & York Ave 29 docks in all1,190 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at East 70th Street, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.
- 1855 1st Avenue Gas station1.5 miles
- 1365 York Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers1,300 feet
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo 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 June 2016.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 10021
- Community board
- Manhattan Community Board 8
- City Council district
- 5
- Police precinct
- 19
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island
- Elevation
- 6 feet above sea level
Homes
About 2,000 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 1987.
Trees
NYC Parks records 28 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSeven public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 3 public spaces
- 2 hospitals
- 1 nursing home or hospice
- 1 park
This corner stands inside East River Walk.
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- East River Walk Parksurrounds this corner
Plazas and public spaces
- Public space at Belaire Public space410 feet
- Public space at One East River Place Public space700 feet
- Public space at Oxford Public space1,260 feet
Health care
- Hospital for Special Surgery Hospital310 feet
- David H. Koch Center for Cancer Care Hospital940 feet
- Mary Manning Walsh Nursing Home Co Nursing home or hospice1,010 feet
Supermarkets
- Morton Williams Supermarket0.3 miles
Pharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy0.5 miles
- CVS Pharmacy0.5 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and one food store.
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, three of them within a three-minute walk:
- FDR Drive & East 71st Street Pedestrian Overpass 140 feet
- FDR Drive & East 71st Street 170 feet
- John Finley Walk & FDR Drive Greenway 540 feet
- York Avenue & East 71st Street 840 feet
- York Avenue & East 70th Street 1,100 feet
- York Avenue & East 72nd Street 1,130 feet
- York Avenue & East 69th Street 0.3 miles
- York Avenue & East 73rd Street 0.3 miles
See every intersection along East 71st Street Pedestrian Overpass or John Finley Walk.