Queens Midtown Tunnel & East 37th Street

Queens Midtown Tunnel and East 37th Street (north-west) meet at a four-way crossing in Murray Hill-Kips Bay, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. E 34 St Midtown East Ferry Landing is 990 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 1 Av/E 36 St, is 360 feet away for the M15, and 37 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, three of them parks, and 29 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
FDR Drive
0.4 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
360 feet
1 Av/E 36 St · M15
Within a walk
19 places
8 public spaces, 3 parks and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Queens Midtown Tunnel & East 37th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 1 Av/E 36 St, 360 feet away, for the M15.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 30 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive northbound, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 466 10th Avenue Gas station
    1.6 miles
  2. 300 East 34th Street Charging for electric cars, four 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 one crash 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 foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2022.

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 three travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are 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 74 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 12 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2020 and May 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 37th Street

  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 37th Street

  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 public spaces
  • 3 parks
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Pre-K Center at 330 East 38th Street Pre-K center
    170 feet
  2. The River School
    770 feet
  3. Everbrook Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,150 feet
Show all 4
  1. Maryel School of New York School
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. Vartan Park
    520 feet
  2. East River Esplanade Park
    700 feet
  3. St. Vartan Park Playground
    800 feet
Show all 4
  1. Trygve Lie Plaza
    1,310 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Corinthian Public space
    170 feet
  2. Public space at Manhattan Place Public space
    410 feet
  3. Public space at East River Realty South Public space
    630 feet
Show all 8
  1. Public space at 240 East 38th Street Public space
    890 feet
  2. Public space at New York Tower Public space
    940 feet
  3. Public space at East River Realty North Public space
    960 feet
  4. Public space at Whitney Public space
    1,080 feet
  5. Public space at Rivergate Public space
    1,130 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Vartan Armenian Church House of worship
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. D'Agostino Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Fairway Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,100 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other places

  1. E 34 St Midtown East Ferry Landing
    990 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 places to eat and four food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and 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 East 37th Street or Queens Midtown Tunnel.

Sources: NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, 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.