Queensboro Bridge & East 60th Street

Queensboro Bridge and East 60th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Tramway Plaza is 430 feet away. The nearest subway, Lexington Av/59 St, is about four minutes on foot, and eight subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 82 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Lexington Av/59 St
1,110 feet · 4 min on foot · 4, 5, 6, N, R, W
Nearest bus stop
340 feet
E 60 St/2 Av · Q60
Within a walk
23 places
9 public spaces, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Queensboro Bridge & East 60th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Lexington Av/59 St, 1,110 feet from this corner, about four 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
    1,110 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

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, 340 feet away, for the Q60.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q60 …

Live arrivals

East 60th Street carries a lane DOT records as a shared lane, not a bus-only lane, all day, every day.

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 1 Ave & E 62 St 45 docks in all
    810 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
    1.9 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
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

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 three travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 5,200 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 40 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 8 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2021 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of East 60th Street

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Queensboro Bridge

  • Bus layover only 1 sign MTA BUS LAYOVER ONLY NO ENGINE IDLING MAX FINE $2000
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Queensboro Bridge

  • No stopping 3 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and 32 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. First Swedish Baptist Church Designated landmark
    580 feet
  2. Modulightor Building Designated landmark
    790 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

  • 9 public spaces
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 parks
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bright Horizons Children's Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    550 feet
  2. Weill Cornell Children's Center at East 62nd Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    740 feet
  3. Bridge Community Playschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    980 feet
Show all 4
  1. Lenox Hill Kids Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Honey Locust Park
    410 feet
  2. Tramway Plaza
    430 feet
  3. Queensboro Oval Park
    770 feet
Show all 5
  1. Twenty-Four Sycamores Park
    1,150 feet
  2. Twenty-Four Sycamores Park Playground
    1,170 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Evansview Public space
    400 feet
  2. Public space at Bridge Tower Place Public space
    740 feet
  3. Public space at Landmark Public space
    860 feet
Show all 9
  1. Public space at Paladin Public space
    890 feet
  2. Public space at Grand Sutton Public space
    980 feet
  3. Public space at Savoy Public space
    1,140 feet
  4. Public space at Sovereign Public space
    1,200 feet
  5. Public space at New Yorker East Public space
    1,210 feet
  6. Public space at Morrison Public space
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Houses at 311 and 313 East 58th Street Listed historic place
    980 feet
  2. Mount Vernon Hotel Museum Listed historic place
    1,040 feet
  3. Treadwell Farm Historic District Listed historic place
    1,100 feet

Houses of worship

  1. All Saints Episcopal Church House of worship
    700 feet
  2. Our Lady of Peace Church House of worship
    1,020 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    980 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,230 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,310 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,100 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 82 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 60th Street or Queensboro Bridge.

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