Queens Midtown Tunnel & East 37th Street

Queens Midtown Tunnel and East 37th Street (south-east) 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. East River Esplanade is 510 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 1 Av/E 36 St, is 180 feet away for the M15, and 37 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, three of them parks, and 26 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
FDR Drive
0.4 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
1 Av/E 36 St · M15
Within a walk
20 places
9 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, 180 feet away, for the M15.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 23 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
    230 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
    1.7 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 two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 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 three travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 5,800 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 1980 and 2000.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 11 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2022 and June 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 37th Street

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM
  • Truck loading only 4 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM

South side of East 37th Street

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 public spaces
  • 3 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Pre-K Center at 330 East 38th Street Pre-K center
    350 feet
  2. The River School
    590 feet
  3. Maryel School of New York School
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. Vartan Park
    340 feet
  2. East River Esplanade Park
    510 feet
  3. St. Vartan Park Playground
    620 feet
Show all 5
  1. Trygve Lie Plaza
    1,120 feet
  2. Robert Moses Playground
    1,140 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Manhattan Place Public space
    230 feet
  2. Public space at Corinthian Public space
    350 feet
  3. Public space at East River Realty South Public space
    450 feet
Show all 9
  1. Public space at New York Tower Public space
    760 feet
  2. Public space at East River Realty North Public space
    780 feet
  3. Public space at Whitney Public space
    890 feet
  4. Public space at Rivergate Public space
    950 feet
  5. Public space at 240 East 38th Street Public space
    1,070 feet
  6. Public space at Churchill Public space
    1,180 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Vartan Armenian Church House of worship
    1,180 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,250 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other places

  1. E 34 St Midtown East Ferry Landing
    810 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 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 and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 18 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.