Queensboro Bridge & 2nd Avenue

Queensboro Bridge and 2nd Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island, Manhattan. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. All Saints Episcopal Church is 320 feet away, and Art and Design High School is 1,130 feet away. The nearest subway, Lexington Av/59 St, is about three minutes on foot, and ten subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, seven of them day care or pre-K sites, and 83 places to eat.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Lexington Av/59 St
810 feet · 3 min on foot · 4, 5, 6, N, R, W
Nearest bus stop
130 feet
E 60 St/2 Av · Q60
Within a walk
25 places
8 public spaces, 7 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Queensboro Bridge & 2nd Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Lexington Av/59 St, 810 feet from this corner, about three 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
    810 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
    0.5 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, 130 feet away, for the Q60.

  • 55 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 60 St/2 Av Q60
    130 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.

  • 32 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 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
    1,130 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at Queensboro Bridge & 2nd Avenue at East 59th Street, 180 feet by car along the streets.

  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

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2017.

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
Elevation
67 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 5,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 47 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 61 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and 76 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as French Second Empire. They were mostly built between 1870 and 1875.

  1. First Swedish Baptist Church Designated landmark
    330 feet
  2. Modulightor Building Designated landmark
    530 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

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

Schools and child care

  1. Bridge Community Playschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    700 feet
  2. Weill Cornell Children's Center at East 62nd Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    770 feet
  3. Lenox Hill Kids Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    970 feet
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  1. District 2 Pre-K Center at 252 East 57 Street Pre-K center
    970 feet
  2. Bright Horizons Children's Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,010 feet
  3. Super Stars Tennis Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,050 feet
  4. Art and Design High School
    1,130 feet
  5. P.S. 059 Beekman Hill International School
    1,130 feet
  6. Bright Horizons at East 64th. Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Tramway Plaza
    100 feet
  2. Honey Locust Park
    470 feet
  3. Queensboro Oval Park
    1,230 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Evansview Public space
    400 feet
  2. Public space at Landmark Public space
    410 feet
  3. Public space at Paladin Public space
    620 feet
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  1. Public space at Savoy Public space
    840 feet
  2. Public space at Wellington Estates Public space
    1,080 feet
  3. Public space at Bridge Tower Place Public space
    1,190 feet
  4. Public space at Grand Sutton Public space
    1,280 feet
  5. Public space at Trump Plaza Public space
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

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

Houses of worship

  1. All Saints Episcopal Church House of worship
    320 feet
  2. Our Lady of Peace Church Landmark
    740 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    740 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    780 feet
  3. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    990 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    1,090 feet
  3. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 83 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 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 2nd Avenue or Queensboro Bridge.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.