York Avenue & East 63rd Street

York Avenue and East 63rd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 57 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. East River Walk is 520 feet away. The nearest subway, Lexington Av/63 St, is about eight minutes on foot, for the M and Q. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, four of them parks, and 31 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along one of the streets meeting here.

Safety record
18 hurt
57 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Lexington Av/63 St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · M, Q
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
York Av/E 64 St · M31
Within a walk
14 places
4 parks, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
York Avenue & East 63rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Lexington Av/63 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Lexington Av/63 St M, Q
    0.4 miles
    M Q

Next trains at this station

Uptown & Queens
2 lines
  1. M …
  2. Q …
Downtown
2 lines
  1. M …
  2. 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 York Av/E 64 St, 160 feet away, for the M31.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. York Av/E 64 St M31
    160 feet
    M31

Next buses at this stop

  1. M31 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on East 63rd Street and York Avenue.

  • 34 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
    880 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at FDR Drive & East 63rd Street, 290 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 1855 1st Avenue Gas station
    1.8 miles
  2. 500 East 63rd Street Charging for electric cars, 25 Level 2 chargers
    230 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 57 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 18 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 7 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2012
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2019

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
18 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 38 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2014 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 63rd Street

  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING 7PM-MIDNIGHT ALL DAYS
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of East 63rd Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 4 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of York Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 10AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of York Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 10AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and 20 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Beaux-Arts. They were mostly built between 1899 and 1906.

  1. City and Suburban Homes Company, First Avenue Estate Designated landmark
    360 feet

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
    680 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 parks
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 college
  • 1 hospital
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Rockefeller Child and Family Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    310 feet
  2. Rockefeller University College
    820 feet
  3. Super Stars Tennis Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,070 feet
Show all 5
  1. District 2 Pre-K Center at 403 East 65th Street Pre-K center
    1,100 feet
  2. P.S. 183 Robert L. Stevenson School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. East River Walk Park
    520 feet
  2. Andrew Haswell Green Park
    560 feet
  3. Twenty-Four Sycamores Park
    580 feet
Show all 5
  1. Twenty-Four Sycamores Park Playground
    590 feet
  2. Queensboro Oval Park
    840 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Bridge Tower Place Public space
    1,140 feet

Health care

  1. Rockefeller University Hospital
    820 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Mount Vernon Hotel Museum Landmark · listed historic place
    640 feet
  2. City & Suburban Homes Company's First Avenue Estate Historic Dist Listed historic place
    1,150 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    970 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    1,230 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 places to eat and three food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 63rd 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.