Queens Midtown Tunnel & 1st Avenue

Queens Midtown Tunnel and 1st Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Murray Hill-Kips Bay, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The River School is 660 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 1 Av/E 36 St, is 250 feet away for the M15, and 37 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, four of them parks, and 24 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
FDR Drive
1,230 feet by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
250 feet
1 Av/E 36 St · M15
Within a walk
22 places
9 public spaces, 4 parks and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Queens Midtown Tunnel & 1st Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 1 Av/E 36 St, 250 feet away, for the M15.

  • 37 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 1 Av/E 36 St M15
    250 feet
    M15

Next buses at this stop

  1. M15 …

Live arrivals

A bus lane runs along 1st Avenue, all day, every day.

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 1st Avenue.

  • 24 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 1 Ave & E 38 St 39 docks in all
    120 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive northbound, 1,230 feet by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10016
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 four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 6,900 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 1967 and 1989.

Since 2014 at least 160 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

  • 9 public spaces
  • 4 parks
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Pre-K Center at 330 East 38th Street Pre-K center
    470 feet
  2. The River School
    660 feet
  3. Everbrook Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,270 feet
Show all 4
  1. Maryel School of New York School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. Vartan Park
    410 feet
  2. East River Esplanade Park
    580 feet
  3. St. Vartan Park Playground
    690 feet
Show all 6
  1. Trygve Lie Plaza
    1,010 feet
  2. Robert Moses Playground
    1,020 feet
  3. Ralph Bunche Park
    1,310 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Manhattan Place Public space
    300 feet
  2. Public space at Corinthian Public space
    470 feet
  3. Public space at East River Realty South Public space
    520 feet
Show all 9
  1. Public space at New York Tower Public space
    640 feet
  2. Public space at East River Realty North Public space
    660 feet
  3. Public space at Whitney Public space
    780 feet
  4. Public space at Rivergate Public space
    1,020 feet
  5. Public space at Churchill Public space
    1,070 feet
  6. Public space at 240 East 38th Street Public space
    1,190 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Vartan Armenian Church House of worship
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. D'Agostino Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,140 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other places

  1. E 34 St Midtown East Ferry Landing
    880 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 places to eat and five food stores.

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 eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 1st Avenue or Queens Midtown Tunnel.

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