Queensboro Bridge & East 63rd Street

Queensboro Bridge and East 63rd Street meet at a three-way junction in Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. First Swedish Baptist Church stands 750 feet away. The nearest subway, Lexington Av/63 St, is about four minutes on foot, and eight subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, seven of them day care or pre-K sites, and 58 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Lexington Av/63 St
950 feet · 4 min on foot · M, Q
Nearest bus stop
460 feet
2 Av/E 64 St · M15
Within a walk
24 places
9 public spaces, 7 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Queensboro Bridge & East 63rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Lexington Av/63 St, 950 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 8 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lexington Av/63 St M, Q
    950 feet
    M Q

Next trains at this station

Uptown & Queens
2 lines
  1. M …
  2. Q …
Downtown
2 lines
  1. M …
  2. Q …

Also within a walk

  1. Lexington Av/59 St 4, 5, 6, N, R, W
    0.3 miles
    4 5 6 N R W
  2. 72 St Q
    0.4 miles
    Q

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Elevated” (2017) by Jean Shin at the Lexington Av/63 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 2 Av/E 64 St, 460 feet away, for the M15.

  • 25 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 2 Av/E 64 St M15 · Shelter
    460 feet
    M15
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 88 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 1 Ave & E 62 St 45 docks in all
    840 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at Queensboro Bridge & 2nd Avenue at East 59th Street, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1855 1st Avenue Gas station
    2 miles
  2. 200 East 65th Street Charging for electric cars, eight 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

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

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
Elevation
53 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to three travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 7,000 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 47 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 10 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2020 and January 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of East 63rd Street

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING 7PM-MIDNIGHT ALL DAYS
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 54 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Beaux-Arts. They were mostly built between 1868 and 1893.

  1. City and Suburban Homes Company, First Avenue Estate Designated landmark
    630 feet
  2. First Swedish Baptist Church Designated landmark
    750 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 public places.

  • 9 public spaces
  • 7 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 museum
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Lenox Hill Kids Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    190 feet
  2. Bright Horizons at East 64th. Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    680 feet
  3. Weill Cornell Children's Center at East 62nd Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    730 feet
Show all 8
  1. East Side Elementary School, PS 267 School
    840 feet
  2. Super Stars Tennis Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,130 feet
  3. Bridge Community Playschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,180 feet
  4. District 2 Pre-K Center at 403 East 65th Street Pre-K center
    1,220 feet
  5. Vivvi Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Tramway Plaza
    1,140 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Paladin Public space
    690 feet
  2. Public space at Rio Public space
    800 feet
  3. Public space at Concorde Public space
    900 feet
Show all 9
  1. Public space at Evansview Public space
    990 feet
  2. Public space at Bridge Tower Place Public space
    1,220 feet
  3. Public space at Carlton Towers Public space
    1,220 feet
  4. Public space at Bristol Public space
    1,240 feet
  5. Public space at Royale Public space
    1,250 feet
  6. Public space at Wellington Estates Public space
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Treadwell Farm Historic District Listed historic place
    1,060 feet
  2. City & Suburban Homes Company's First Avenue Estate Historic Dist Listed historic place
    1,200 feet
  3. Mount Vernon Hotel Museum Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of Peace Church Landmark
    610 feet
  2. All Saints Episcopal Church House of worship
    1,280 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    490 feet
  2. Apple Bank Bank branch
    790 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    1,080 feet
  2. Morton Williams Supermarket
    1,140 feet
  3. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 58 places to eat and eight food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 63rd Street or Queensboro Bridge.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, 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.