York Avenue & East 75th Street

York Avenue and East 75th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Lycee Francais de NY is 280 feet away, and the sculpture “Kryeti-Aekyad #2” is 570 feet away. The nearest subway, 72 St, is about eight minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are 30 public places, five of them schools, and 62 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
72 St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
190 feet
York Av/E 74 St · M31
Within a walk
30 places
5 public spaces, 5 schools and 13 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
York Avenue & East 75th 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 eight 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, 190 feet away, for the M31.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. York Av/E 74 St M31 · Shelter
    190 feet
    M31
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M31 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 38 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
    920 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at East 70th Street, 0.4 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
    310 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2022.

What the city has done here

  • 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
24 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 7,100 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 62 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 49 signs on these blocks
  • 14 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2016 and August 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 75th Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of East 75th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

East side of York Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of York Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 106029.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and four buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Beaux-Arts. They were built between 1910 and 1911.

  1. East River Homes / Cherokee Apartments Designated landmark
    670 feet

Monuments and public art

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
    570 feet
  2. Eaphae-Aekyad #2 Sculpture by Douglas Abdell, 1979
    600 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Lycee Francais de NY School
    280 feet
  2. Insur Ed Trade or language school
    500 feet
  3. Petits Poussins Ues Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    770 feet
Show all 10
  1. P.S. 158 Bayard Taylor School
    790 feet
  2. Yorkville East Middle School
    790 feet
  3. Eleanor Roosevelt High School
    840 feet
  4. MSH 1456 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    900 feet
  5. Chabad-Lubavitch of the Upper East Side Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,040 feet
  6. Town School
    1,040 feet
  7. The Cathedral School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,130 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. East River Walk Park
    840 feet
  2. John Jay Park
    940 feet
  3. John Jay Park Playground
    1,030 feet
Show all 4
  1. Pavilion in John Jay Park Park feature
    1,260 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Stratford Public space
    460 feet
  2. Public space at Somerset Public space
    720 feet
  3. Public space at Saratoga Public space
    960 feet
Show all 5
  1. Public space at One East River Place Public space
    1,210 feet
  2. Public space at Oxford Public space
    1,310 feet

Health care

  1. David H. Koch Center for Cancer Care Hospital
    1,010 feet
  2. Mary Manning Walsh Nursing Home Co Nursing home or hospice
    1,060 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Webster Library
    810 feet
  2. City & Suburban Homes Company's York Avenue Estate Listed historic place
    1,260 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Czech Center New York Arts or cultural center
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Jan Hus Presbyterian Church & Neighborhood House House of worship
    980 feet
  2. Greek Orthodox Holy Trinity Cathedral House of worship
    1,130 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 351 East 74th Street Older adult center
    1,050 feet
  2. John Jay Pool Swimming pool
    1,280 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,190 feet

Supermarkets

  1. D'Agostino Supermarket
    1,300 feet
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,180 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 62 places to eat and 11 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 75th 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.