York Avenue & East 68th Street

York Avenue and East 68th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 26 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases is 380 feet away. The nearest subway, 72 St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, five of them hospitals, and 43 places to eat. About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
11 hurt
26 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
72 St
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
E 68 St/York Av · M66
Within a walk
22 places
5 hospitals, 3 colleges and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
York Avenue & East 68th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 72 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. 72 St Q
    0.3 miles
    Q

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. Q …
Downtown
1 line
  1. Q …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Perfect Strangers” (2017) by Vik Muniz at the 72 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 68 St/York Av, 60 feet away, for the M66.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 68 St/York Av M66
    60 feet
    M66

Next buses at this stop

  1. M66 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 1 Ave & E 68 St 63 docks in all
    840 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at East 70th Street, 1,180 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 1855 1st Avenue Gas station
    1.6 miles
  2. 1365 York Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    1,320 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 26 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 10 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2017
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2019
  • Turn calming, August 2022

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
31 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2018 and September 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 68th Street

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 68th Street

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of York Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of York Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 7AM-9PM ALL DAYS

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 102606 and 102892.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

  • 5 hospitals
  • 3 colleges
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 public spaces
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Louis V Gerstner Grad Sch College
    380 feet
  2. Cornell Univ Medical Campus College
    390 feet
  3. Rockefeller Child and Family Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    590 feet
Show all 7
  1. Rockefeller University College
    580 feet
  2. Bright Horizons Children's Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    920 feet
  3. The William Woodward Jr. Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    920 feet
  4. P.S. 183 Robert L. Stevenson School
    1,010 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. Catherine's Park
    770 feet
  2. St. Catherine's Park Playground
    800 feet
  3. East River Walk Park
    1,260 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Kingsley Public space
    1,190 feet
  2. Public space at Windsor Public space
    1,200 feet
  3. Public space at Oxford Public space
    1,200 feet

Health care

  1. New York-Presbyterian David H. Koch Center Hospital
    310 feet
  2. Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases Hospital
    380 feet
  3. Mary Manning Walsh Nursing Home Co Nursing home or hospice
    950 feet
Show all 6
  1. Rockefeller University Hospital
    580 feet
  2. New York-Presbyterian Hospital - New York Weill Cornell Center Hospital
    700 feet
  3. Hospital for Special Surgery Hospital
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Catherine Siena Church House of worship
    540 feet
  2. St John Neplmucene Church House of worship
    1,030 feet
  3. First Hungarian Reformed Church of NY Listed historic place
    1,090 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 43 places to eat and five food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 68th 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.