Queensboro Bridge & 2nd Avenue at East 59th Street

Queensboro Bridge, 2nd Avenue and East 59th Street meet at a five-way junction in Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island, Manhattan. The corner is also named Patrolman Rush A. Webster Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 79 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Honey Locust Park is 290 feet away. The nearest subway, Lexington Av/59 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the 4, 5, 6 and three more. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places and 87 places to eat.

Safety record
37 hurt
79 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Lexington Av/59 St
960 feet · 4 min on foot · 4, 5, 6, N, R, W
Nearest bus stop
310 feet
E 60 St/2 Av · Q60
Within a walk
25 places
9 public spaces, 6 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Queensboro Bridge & 2nd Avenue at East 59th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Lexington Av/59 St, 960 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 6 lines at the nearest station
  • 10 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lexington Av/59 St 4, 5, 6, N, R, W
    960 feet
    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
    0.3 miles
    M Q
  2. Lexington Av/51-53 Sts 6, E, F
    0.4 miles
    6 E F

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 E 60 St/2 Av, 310 feet away, for the Q60.

  • 56 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 60 St/2 Av Q60
    310 feet
    Q60

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q60 …

Live arrivals

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

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 2nd Avenue and East 59th Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 58 St & 1 Ave (NW Corner) 50 docks in all
    950 feet

By car

A ramp to the Queensboro Bridge starts at this corner.

  1. 720 11th Avenue Gas station
    2 miles
  2. 300 East 54th Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 79 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 36 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 8 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, November 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10022
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 8
City Council district
5
Police precinct
17 and 19 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island
Elevation
66 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Patrolman Rush A. Webster Way, a co-naming enacted on August 13, 2025 (Local Law 121 of 2025).

The streets

  • Up to five travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Three of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 5,700 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 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Patrolman Rush A. Webster Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2018 and July 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 2nd Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7AM-MIDNIGHT ALL DAYS
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of 2nd Avenue

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of East 59th Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 4 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 10AM-3PM 8PM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING 7AM-10AM 3PM-8PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 3 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of East 59th Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY HUMANE SOCIETY OFNEW YORK
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 8 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 103529.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and 51 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as French Second Empire. They were mostly built between 1868 and 1875.

  1. Modulightor Building Designated landmark
    370 feet
  2. First Swedish Baptist Church Designated landmark
    490 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

  • 9 public spaces
  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 parks
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 schools

Schools and child care

  1. District 2 Pre-K Center at 252 East 57 Street Pre-K center
    790 feet
  2. Super Stars Tennis Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    870 feet
  3. Bridge Community Playschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    880 feet
Show all 8
  1. Art and Design High School
    940 feet
  2. P.S. 059 Beekman Hill International School
    940 feet
  3. Weill Cornell Children's Center at East 62nd Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    950 feet
  4. Lenox Hill Kids Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,150 feet
  5. Bright Horizons Children's Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Tramway Plaza
    60 feet
  2. Honey Locust Park
    290 feet
  3. Queensboro Oval Park
    1,160 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Landmark Public space
    230 feet
  2. Public space at Evansview Public space
    580 feet
  3. Public space at Paladin Public space
    800 feet
Show all 9
  1. Public space at Savoy Public space
    1,020 feet
  2. Public space at Grand Sutton Public space
    1,100 feet
  3. Public space at Wellington Estates Public space
    1,250 feet
  4. Public space at Morrison Public space
    1,280 feet
  5. Public space at Architects and Designers Public space
    1,290 feet
  6. Public space at Sovereign Public space
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Houses at 311 and 313 East 58th Street Listed historic place
    340 feet
  2. Treadwell Farm Historic District Listed historic place
    990 feet

Houses of worship

  1. All Saints Episcopal Church House of worship
    390 feet
  2. Our Lady of Peace Church House of worship
    920 feet
  3. Or Olam E 55 St Conservative Synagogue House of worship
    1,170 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    600 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    660 feet
  3. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    1,040 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    810 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    970 feet
  3. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,220 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 87 places to eat and 15 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 2nd Avenue, East 59th Street or Queensboro Bridge.

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