John Finley Walk & FDR Drive Greenway
John Finley Walk and FDR Drive Greenway meet at a three-way junction in Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island, Manhattan. The corner stands inside East River Walk. Between 2021 and 2025, 90 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Town School is 890 feet away, and John Jay Park is 990 feet away. The nearest bus stop, York Av/E 72 St, is 0.3 miles away for the M31. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, two of them hospitals, and one place to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is York Av/E 72 St, 0.3 miles away, for the M31.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- York Av/E 72 St M31 · Shelter0.3 milesM31
Next buses at this stop
- M31 …
Cycling
A bike lane separated from traffic runs on FDR Drive Greenway and John Finley Walk.
- 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet
Nearest bike-share station
- E 72 St & York Ave 29 docks in all0.3 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported 90 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.
- 55 people injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.
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
- 5 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 1958 and 1986.
Trees
NYC Parks records 25 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedNine public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 hospitals
- 2 parks
- 2 public spaces
- 1 park feature
- 1 playground
- 1 school
This corner stands inside East River Walk.
Schools and child care
- Town School890 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- East River Walk Parksurrounds this corner
- John Jay Park990 feet
- Pavilion in John Jay Park Park feature1,180 feet
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- John Jay Park Playground1,300 feet
Plazas and public spaces
- Public space at One East River Place Public space180 feet
- Public space at Belaire Public space950 feet
Health care
- David H. Koch Center for Cancer Care Hospital410 feet
- Hospital for Special Surgery Hospital850 feet
Supermarkets
- Morton Williams Supermarket0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat.
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A signal or safety change
- A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The six nearest corners on foot, three of them within a three-minute walk:
- John Finley Walk & East 71st Street Pedestrian Overpass 540 feet
- FDR Drive & East 71st Street Pedestrian Overpass 680 feet
- FDR Drive & East 71st Street 710 feet
- John Finley Walk & East 78th Street Pedestrian Overpass 1,130 feet
- York Avenue & East 71st Street 0.3 miles
- York Avenue & East 70th Street 0.3 miles
See every intersection along John Finley Walk.