York Avenue & East 71st Street

York Avenue and East 71st Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Mary Manning Walsh Nursing Home Co is 170 feet away. The nearest subway, 72 St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, four of them hospitals, and 52 places to eat. About 6,200 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
5 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
72 St
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
190 feet
York Av/E 72 St · M31
Within a walk
23 places
8 public spaces, 4 hospitals and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
York Avenue & East 71st 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 York Av/E 72 St, 190 feet away, for the M31.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. York Av/E 72 St M31 · Shelter
    190 feet
    M31
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M31 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on East 71st Street and York Avenue.

  • 61 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 72 St & York Ave 29 docks in all
    350 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at East 70th Street, 910 feet by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, October 2016
  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2017

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10021
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
34 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 6,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2016 and April 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on York Avenue (west side).

North side of East 71st Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No stopping 6 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of East 71st Street

  • Ambulettes only 3 signs AMBULETTE ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-4PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM
  • No stopping 5 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of York Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Ambulettes only 1 sign AMBULETTE ONLY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 101857 and 106060.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Cornell Univ Medical Campus College
    650 feet
  2. Bright Horizons Children's Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    660 feet
  3. The William Woodward Jr. Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    660 feet
Show all 5
  1. Louis V Gerstner Grad Sch College
    1,160 feet
  2. Lenox Hill Neighborhood House Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. East River Walk Park
    810 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Oxford Public space
    420 feet
  2. Public space at Somerset Public space
    610 feet
  3. Public space at Belaire Public space
    660 feet
Show all 8
  1. Public space at Windsor Public space
    670 feet
  2. Public space at Stratford Public space
    850 feet
  3. Public space at Kingsley Public space
    920 feet
  4. Public space at One East River Place Public space
    1,140 feet
  5. Public space at Fontaine Public space
    1,300 feet

Health care

  1. Mary Manning Walsh Nursing Home Co Nursing home or hospice
    170 feet
  2. Hospital for Special Surgery Hospital
    730 feet
  3. New York-Presbyterian Hospital - New York Weill Cornell Center Hospital
    750 feet
Show all 5
  1. New York-Presbyterian David H. Koch Center Hospital
    790 feet
  2. Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases Hospital
    1,160 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Catherine Siena Church House of worship
    1,080 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 343 East 70th Street Older adult center
    1,000 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    920 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    920 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    1,050 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    800 feet
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. D'Agostino Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 52 places to eat and ten food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 71st 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.