York Avenue & East 77th Street

York Avenue and East 77th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island, Manhattan. The corner is also named Patrolman John Patrick Flood Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. P.S. 158 Bayard Taylor is 270 feet away. The nearest bus stop, York Av/E 77 St, is 110 feet away for the M31. Within a five-minute walk are 29 public places, seven of them day care or pre-K sites, and 45 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
FDR Drive
0.3 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
York Av/E 77 St · M31
Within a walk
29 places
7 day care or pre-K sites, 5 religious buildings and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
York Avenue & East 77th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is York Av/E 77 St, 110 feet away, for the M31.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. York Av/E 77 St M31 · Shelter · Countdown sign
    110 feet
    M31
    Shelter · Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. M31 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on East 77th Street and York Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at FDR Drive & East 78th Street, 0.3 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
    270 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 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

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, November 2022
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10075
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
30 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Patrolman John Patrick Flood Way, a co-naming enacted on March 19, 2023 (Local Law 44 of 2023).

The streets

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

Homes

About 7,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 55 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.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Patrolman John Patrick Flood Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2019 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 77th Street

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

South side of East 77th Street

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

East side of York Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of York Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 105177.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 20 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Beaux-Arts and neo-Renaissance. They were mostly built between 1904 and 1910.

  1. East River Homes / Cherokee Apartments Designated landmark
    290 feet
  2. Bishop Henry Codman Memorial Buildings Designated landmark
    630 feet
  3. Junior League Hotel for Women Designated landmark
    820 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
    430 feet
  2. Kryeti-Aekyad #2 Sculpture by Douglas Abdell, 1979
    500 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 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 4 public spaces
  • 2 parks
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Insur Ed Trade or language school
    160 feet
  2. P.S. 158 Bayard Taylor School
    270 feet
  3. Yorkville East Middle School
    270 feet
Show all 13
  1. Chabad-Lubavitch of the Upper East Side Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    520 feet
  2. Eleanor Roosevelt High School
    670 feet
  3. Lycee Francais de NY School
    800 feet
  4. Eastside Day School Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    960 feet
  5. York Avenue Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    960 feet
  6. Hopscotch Montessori Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    980 feet
  7. Town School
    1,040 feet
  8. MSH 1456 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,060 feet
  9. District 2 Pre-K Center at 355 East 76 Street Pre-K center
    1,160 feet
  10. Petits Poussins Ues Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. John Jay Park
    460 feet
  2. John Jay Park Playground
    500 feet
  3. Pavilion in John Jay Park Park feature
    740 feet
Show all 4
  1. East River Walk Park
    1,100 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Stratford Public space
    990 feet
  2. Public space at Caldwell Public space
    1,010 feet
  3. Public space at Austen House Public space
    1,110 feet
Show all 4
  1. Public space at Somerset Public space
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Webster Library
    290 feet
  2. City & Suburban Homes Company's York Avenue Estate Listed historic place
    740 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Yorkville Synagogue Congregation Bnai Jehuda House of worship
    1,010 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. John Jay Pool Swimming pool
    750 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    660 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 45 places to eat and ten food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 77th 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 Records, 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.