Queensboro Bridge & 1st Avenue

Queensboro Bridge and 1st Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island, Manhattan. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Tramway Plaza is 870 feet away. The nearest subway, Lexington Av/59 St, is about six minutes on foot, and eight subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, six of them parks, and 71 places to eat. Along 1st Avenue run a bus lane, 7am to 10am and 2pm to 7pm, and a bike lane separated from traffic.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest subway
Lexington Av/59 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 4, 5, 6, N, R, W
Nearest bus stop
80 feet
1 Av/E 60 St · M15
Within a walk
21 places
8 public spaces, 6 parks and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Queensboro Bridge & 1st Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Lexington Av/59 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 6 lines at the nearest station
  • 8 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lexington Av/59 St 4, 5, 6, N, R, W
    0.3 miles
    4 5 6 N R W

Next trains at this station

Uptown
3 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. 5 …
  3. 6 …
Downtown
6 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. 5 …
  3. 6 …
  4. N …
  5. R …
  6. W …
Queens
3 lines
  1. N …
  2. R …
  3. W …

Also within a walk

  1. Lexington Av/63 St M, Q
    0.4 miles
    M Q

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Blooming” (1996) by Elizabeth Murray at the Lexington Av/59 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 1 Av/E 60 St, 80 feet away, for the M15.

  • 41 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 1 Av/E 60 St M15
    80 feet
    M15

Next buses at this stop

  1. M15 …

Live arrivals

A bus lane runs along 1st Avenue, 7am to 10am and 2pm to 7pm on weekdays.

Cycling

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

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 58 St & 1 Ave (NE Corner) 29 docks in all
    470 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive northbound at FDR Drive & East 62nd Street, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1855 1st Avenue Gas station
    1.8 miles
  2. 420 East 61st Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10022
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 8
City Council district
5
Police precinct
19
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 5,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 20 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Landmarks and historic districts

Three buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Vernacular, and built between 1799 and 1857.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 8 public spaces
  • 6 parks
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 museum
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bright Horizons Children's Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    280 feet
  2. Weill Cornell Children's Center at East 62nd Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,190 feet
  3. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Honey Locust Park
    270 feet
  2. Queensboro Oval Park
    440 feet
  3. Twenty-Four Sycamores Park
    870 feet
Show all 7
  1. Tramway Plaza
    870 feet
  2. Twenty-Four Sycamores Park Playground
    900 feet
  3. Andrew Haswell Green Park
    1,050 feet
  4. East River Walk Park
    1,120 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Bridge Tower Place Public space
    470 feet
  2. Public space at Grand Sutton Public space
    500 feet
  3. Public space at Sovereign Public space
    720 feet
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  1. Public space at New Yorker East Public space
    730 feet
  2. Public space at Morrison Public space
    830 feet
  3. Public space at Evansview Public space
    840 feet
  4. Public space at Landmark Public space
    940 feet
  5. Public space at Plaza 400 Public space
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Mount Vernon Hotel Museum Landmark · listed historic place
    760 feet
  2. Houses at 311 and 313 East 58th Street Listed historic place
    910 feet

Houses of worship

  1. All Saints Episcopal Church House of worship
    1,140 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    840 feet
  2. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    190 feet
  2. Morton Williams Supermarket
    910 feet
  3. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    630 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 71 places to eat and 15 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 1st Avenue or Queensboro Bridge.

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