York Avenue & East 61st Street

York Avenue and East 61st Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 35 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection. Queensboro Oval is 320 feet away. The nearest subway, Lexington Av/59 St, is about nine minutes on foot, and seven subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, six of them parks, and 27 places to eat.

Safety record
18 hurt
35 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Lexington Av/59 St
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · 4, 5, 6, N, R, W
Nearest bus stop
250 feet
York Av/E 60 St · M31
Within a walk
14 places
6 parks, 3 public spaces and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
York Avenue & East 61st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Lexington Av/59 St, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 6 lines at the nearest station
  • 7 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lexington Av/59 St 4, 5, 6, N, R, W
    0.5 miles
    4 5 6 N R W

Next trains at this station

Uptown
3 lines
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Downtown
6 lines
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  2. 5 …
  3. 6 …
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  6. W …
Queens
3 lines
  1. N …
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Also within a walk

  1. Roosevelt Island M
    0.5 miles
    M

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 York Av/E 60 St, 250 feet away, for the M31.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. York Av/E 60 St M31
    250 feet
    M31

Next buses at this stop

  1. M31 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on York Avenue.

  • 25 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 60 St & York Ave 33 docks in all
    350 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive northbound at FDR Drive & East 62nd Street, 490 feet 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
    370 feet
  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 35 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 18 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection, a designation it applies to corners selected for attention on their injury record. It is not a record of work done.

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
12 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 3,600 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 between 1956 and 1981.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 24 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2020 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 61st Street

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING 7AM-10AM 3PM-8PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 10AM-3PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of East 61st Street

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

East side of York Avenue

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of York Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Federal, and built in 1799.

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Andrew Haswell Green Park.

  1. East River Roundabout Sculpture by Alice Aycock, 1995
    370 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 parks
  • 3 public spaces
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 museum
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Bright Horizons Children's Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    800 feet
  2. Rockefeller Child and Family Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    840 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Twenty-Four Sycamores Park
    50 feet
  2. Twenty-Four Sycamores Park Playground
    70 feet
  3. Andrew Haswell Green Park
    290 feet
Show all 7
  1. Queensboro Oval Park
    320 feet
  2. East River Walk Park
    780 feet
  3. Sutton Parks Park
    990 feet
  4. Sutton Place Park
    1,260 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Bridge Tower Place Public space
    610 feet
  2. Public space at Sovereign Public space
    910 feet
  3. Public space at Grand Sutton Public space
    1,040 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Mount Vernon Hotel Museum Landmark · listed historic place
    330 feet
  2. Sutton Place Historic District Listed historic place
    1,060 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    980 feet
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 places to eat and three food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 61st Street or York Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.