Main Street & East Main Street
Main Street and East Main Street meet at a three-way junction in Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island, Manhattan. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Blackwell Park is 90 feet away. The nearest subway, Roosevelt Island, is about three minutes on foot, for the M. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, four of them parks, and eight places to eat. About 9,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1975, most in buildings of ten homes or more.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredSubway
The nearest subway station is Roosevelt Island, 880 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.
- Roosevelt Island M880 feetM
Next trains at this station
Queens
1 line- M …
Downtown
1 line- M …
The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Convex Disk at Roosevelt Island” (1996) by Robert Hickman at the Roosevelt Island station.
Bus
The nearest bus stop is Roosevelt Island/Roosevelt Island Tram, 220 feet away, for the Q102.
- 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Roosevelt Island/Roosevelt Island Tram Q102220 feetQ102
Next buses at this stop
- Q102 …
Cycling
Nearest bike-share station
- Roosevelt Island Tramway 39 docks in all110 feet
By car
- Main Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers0.6 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 10044
- Community board
- Manhattan Community Board 8
- City Council district
- 5
- Police precinct
- 114
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island
- Elevation
- 17 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 9,300 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 in 1975.
Since 2014 at least 341 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.
Landmarks and historic districts
Within 820 feet, the Landmarks Preservation Commission has designated Queensboro Bridge (520 feet).
- Queensboro Bridge Designated landmark520 feet
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedNine public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 4 parks
- 2 day care or pre-K sites
- 1 college
- 1 ferry landing
- 1 public space
Schools and child care
- Roosevelt Island Day Nursery Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5130 feet
- Mskcc Children's Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 51,150 feet
- Cornell University-Cornelnyc Tech College1,180 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Blackwell Park90 feet
- Southtown Commons Park250 feet
- Southwest Promenade Park250 feet
Show all 4
- East Promenade Park360 feet
Plazas and public spaces
- Public space at Cornell Tech Public space1,180 feet
Supermarkets
- Trader Joe's Supermarket0.5 miles
Pharmacies
- Duane Reade Pharmacy740 feet
Other places
- Roosevelt Island Ferry Landing470 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and one food store.
Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet, a signal or safety change and a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.
Nearby corners
The six nearest corners on foot, four of them within a three-minute walk:
- West Road & West Main Street 280 feet
- Queensboro Bridge & West Main Street 550 feet
- Queensboro Bridge & East Main Street 560 feet
- Loop Road & West Main Street 800 feet
- Loop Road & East Main Street 890 feet
- FDR Drive & Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge Bike Path 0.3 miles
See every intersection along East Main Street, Main Street or West Main Street.