Queensboro Bridge & East 61st Street

Queensboro Bridge and East 61st Street meet at a six-way junction 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. Honey Locust Park is 610 feet away. The nearest subway, Lexington Av/59 St, is about five minutes on foot, and eight subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, five of them day care or pre-K sites, and 74 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Lexington Av/59 St
1,260 feet · 5 min on foot · 4, 5, 6, N, R, W
Nearest bus stop
480 feet
2 Av/E 61 St · M15
Within a walk
24 places
8 public spaces, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Queensboro Bridge & East 61st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Lexington Av/59 St, 1,260 feet from this corner, about five 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
    1,260 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. 72 St Q
    0.5 miles
    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 2 Av/E 61 St, 480 feet away, for the M15.

  • 48 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 2 Av/E 61 St M15 · Shelter · Countdown sign
    480 feet
    M15
    Shelter · Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. M15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on East 61st Street, Pedestrian and Bike Path Link and Queensboro Bridge.

  • 53 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
    610 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at Queensboro Bridge & 2nd Avenue at East 59th Street, 830 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 1855 1st Avenue Gas station
    2.1 miles
  2. 200 East 65th Street Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 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
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10065
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
  • Two 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 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 26 signs on these blocks
  • 8 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 61st Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 6 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 10AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING 4PM-MIDNIGHT ALL DAYS
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING 7AM-10AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 7AM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 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 65 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Anglo-Italianate (late) and French Second Empire. They were mostly built between 1868 and 1875.

  1. 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 24 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Weill Cornell Children's Center at East 62nd Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    430 feet
  2. Bridge Community Playschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    670 feet
  3. Bright Horizons Children's Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    870 feet
Show all 5
  1. Lenox Hill Kids Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    940 feet
  2. Bright Horizons at East 64th. Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Honey Locust Park
    610 feet
  2. Tramway Plaza
    630 feet
  3. Queensboro Oval Park
    1,090 feet
Show all 5
  1. Twenty-Four Sycamores Park
    1,200 feet
  2. Twenty-Four Sycamores Park Playground
    1,220 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Evansview Public space
    250 feet
  2. Public space at Paladin Public space
    580 feet
  3. Public space at Bridge Tower Place Public space
    680 feet
Show all 8
  1. Public space at Wellington Estates Public space
    1,050 feet
  2. Public space at Savoy Public space
    1,050 feet
  3. Public space at Landmark Public space
    1,060 feet
  4. Public space at Trump Plaza Public space
    1,250 feet
  5. Public space at Grand Sutton Public space
    1,260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Treadwell Farm Historic District Listed historic place
    780 feet
  2. Mount Vernon Hotel Museum Landmark · listed historic place
    840 feet
  3. Houses at 311 and 313 East 58th Street Listed historic place
    1,180 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of Peace Church Landmark
    710 feet
  2. All Saints Episcopal Church House of worship
    760 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    670 feet
  2. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    940 feet
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 74 places to eat and 12 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 61st Street, Hell Gate Fields, Pedestrian and Bike Path Link 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.