York Avenue & East 76th Street

York Avenue and East 76th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. East River Homes / Cherokee Apartments, one of two Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 440 feet away, and East River Walk is 840 feet away. The nearest subway, 72 St, is about nine minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are 29 public places, seven of them day care or pre-K sites, and 49 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
72 St
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
York Av/E 76 St · M31
Within a walk
29 places
7 day care or pre-K sites, 5 schools and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
York Avenue & East 76th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 72 St, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. 72 St Q
    0.5 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 76 St, 110 feet away, for the M31.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. York Av/E 76 St M31 · Shelter · Countdown sign
    110 feet
    M31
    Shelter · Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. M31 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 39 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 1 Ave & E 78 St 57 docks in all
    1,150 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at FDR Drive & East 78th Street, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2017
  • Turn calming, July 2026

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
27 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 7,200 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 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 46 signs on these blocks
  • 17 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2017 and July 2023; 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 8:30am to 7pm on York Avenue (west side).

North side of East 76th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

South side of East 76th Street

  • Ambulances only 3 signs AMBULANCE ONLY
  • Doctor plates only 1 sign DOCTOR LICENSE PLATES ONLY
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 106029.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 15 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Beaux-Arts and neo-Renaissance. They were built between 1901 and 1911.

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

Monuments and public art

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

  1. Eaphae-Aekyad #2 Sculpture by Douglas Abdell, 1979
    450 feet
  2. Kryeti-Aekyad #2 Sculpture by Douglas Abdell, 1979
    470 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

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

Schools and child care

  1. Insur Ed Trade or language school
    230 feet
  2. P.S. 158 Bayard Taylor School
    530 feet
  3. Yorkville East Middle School
    530 feet
Show all 13
  1. Lycee Francais de NY School
    540 feet
  2. Eleanor Roosevelt High School
    580 feet
  3. Chabad-Lubavitch of the Upper East Side Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    780 feet
  4. Town School
    780 feet
  5. MSH 1456 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    800 feet
  6. Petits Poussins Ues Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,040 feet
  7. District 2 Pre-K Center at 355 East 76 Street Pre-K center
    1,060 feet
  8. Eastside Day School Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,220 feet
  9. York Avenue Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,220 feet
  10. Hopscotch Montessori Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. John Jay Park
    680 feet
  2. John Jay Park Playground
    760 feet
  3. East River Walk Park
    840 feet
Show all 4
  1. Pavilion in John Jay Park Park feature
    1,000 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Stratford Public space
    730 feet
  2. Public space at Somerset Public space
    990 feet
  3. Public space at Saratoga Public space
    1,220 feet
Show all 4
  1. Public space at Caldwell Public space
    1,270 feet

Health care

  1. David H. Koch Center for Cancer Care Hospital
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Webster Library
    550 feet
  2. City & Suburban Homes Company's York Avenue Estate Listed historic place
    1,000 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Jan Hus Presbyterian Church & Neighborhood House House of worship
    1,140 feet
  2. Yorkville Synagogue Congregation Bnai Jehuda House of worship
    1,240 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. John Jay Pool Swimming pool
    1,020 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    930 feet

Supermarkets

  1. D'Agostino Supermarket
    1,030 feet
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    920 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 49 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 76th 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.