Queensboro Bridge & West Main Street
Queensboro Bridge and West Main Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island, Manhattan. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Queensboro Bridge stands 160 feet away, and Andrew Haswell Green Park is 1,050 feet away. The nearest subway, Roosevelt Island, is about three minutes on foot, for the M. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, six of them parks, and four places to eat. About 9,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1975, most in buildings of ten homes or more.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredSubway
The nearest subway station is Roosevelt Island, 860 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.
- Roosevelt Island M860 feetM
Next trains at this station
Queens
1 line- M …
Downtown
1 line- M …
The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Convex Disk at Roosevelt Island” (1996) by Robert Hickman at the Roosevelt Island station.
Bus
The nearest bus stop is Roosevelt Island/Roosevelt Island Tram, 370 feet away, for the Q102.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Roosevelt Island/Roosevelt Island Tram Q102370 feetQ102
Next buses at this stop
- Q102 …
Cycling
A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on West Main Street.
Nearest bike-share station
- Roosevelt Island Tramway 39 docks in all670 feet
By car
- Main Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers0.7 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 10044
- Community board
- Manhattan Community Board 8
- City Council district
- 5
- Police precinct
- 114
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island
The streets
- One travel lane
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 9,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1975.
Trees
Ten trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.
Landmarks and historic districts
Within 820 feet, the Landmarks Preservation Commission has designated Queensboro Bridge (160 feet).
- Queensboro Bridge Designated landmark160 feet
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedTen public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 6 parks
- 1 college
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 ferry landing
- 1 public space
Schools and child care
- Cornell University-Cornelnyc Tech College630 feet
- Roosevelt Island Day Nursery Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5680 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Southwest Promenade Parkunder 10 feet
- Southtown Commons Park270 feet
- Blackwell Park640 feet
Show all 6
- East Promenade Park640 feet
- Andrew Haswell Green Park1,050 feet
- East River Walk Park1,130 feet
Plazas and public spaces
- Public space at Cornell Tech Public space630 feet
Supermarkets
- Trader Joe's Supermarket0.4 miles
Pharmacies
- Duane Reade Pharmacy890 feet
Other places
- Roosevelt Island Ferry Landing870 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and one food store.
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 corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:
- Loop Road & West Main Street 250 feet
- West Road & West Main Street 270 feet
- Main Street & East Main Street 550 feet
- Queensboro Bridge & East Main Street 630 feet
- Loop Road & East Main Street 790 feet
- FDR Drive & Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge Pedestrian Path 1,120 feet
- FDR Drive & Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge Bike Path 1,130 feet
- Queensboro Bridge & York Avenue 0.3 miles
See every intersection along Queensboro Bridge or West Main Street.