York Avenue & East 74th Street

York Avenue and East 74th 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. David H. Koch Center for Cancer Care is 750 feet away, and Webster Library is 1,080 feet away. The nearest subway, 72 St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are 29 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 55 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
72 St
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
York Av/E 74 St · M31
Within a walk
29 places
6 public spaces, 5 religious buildings and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
York Avenue & East 74th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 72 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. 72 St Q
    0.4 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 74 St, 70 feet away, for the M31.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. York Av/E 74 St M31 · Countdown sign
    70 feet
    M31
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. M31 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 74 St & 1 Ave 79 docks in all
    650 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at East 70th Street, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1855 1st Avenue Gas station
    1.2 miles
  2. 1385 York Avenue Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    200 feet

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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2017
  • Turn calming, October 2023

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
21 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 7,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 10 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 58 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
  • 11 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2019 and November 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 74th Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

South side of East 74th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

East side of York Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

West side of York Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-8:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 101197.

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in John Jay Park.

  1. Kryeti-Aekyad #2 Sculpture by Douglas Abdell, 1979
    760 feet
  2. Eaphae-Aekyad #2 Sculpture by Douglas Abdell, 1979
    810 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 public places.

  • 6 public spaces
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Lycee Francais de NY School
    540 feet
  2. Insur Ed Trade or language school
    760 feet
  3. Petits Poussins Ues Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    920 feet
Show all 10
  1. P.S. 158 Bayard Taylor School
    1,060 feet
  2. Yorkville East Middle School
    1,060 feet
  3. The Cathedral School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,080 feet
  4. Eleanor Roosevelt High School
    1,110 feet
  5. MSH 1456 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,160 feet
  6. Chabad-Lubavitch of the Upper East Side Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,310 feet
  7. Town School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. East River Walk Park
    810 feet
  2. John Jay Park
    1,200 feet
  3. John Jay Park Playground
    1,290 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Stratford Public space
    200 feet
  2. Public space at Somerset Public space
    460 feet
  3. Public space at One East River Place Public space
    940 feet
Show all 6
  1. Public space at Oxford Public space
    1,040 feet
  2. Public space at Saratoga Public space
    1,090 feet
  3. Public space at Belaire Public space
    1,140 feet

Health care

  1. David H. Koch Center for Cancer Care Hospital
    750 feet
  2. Mary Manning Walsh Nursing Home Co Nursing home or hospice
    800 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Webster Library
    1,080 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Czech Center New York Arts or cultural center
    1,100 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Jan Hus Presbyterian Church & Neighborhood House House of worship
    920 feet
  2. Greek Orthodox Holy Trinity Cathedral House of worship
    1,080 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 351 East 74th Street Older adult center
    980 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. D'Agostino Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 55 places to eat and 13 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, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 74th 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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.