York Avenue & East 78th Street

York Avenue and East 78th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Webster Library is 120 feet away, and Yorkville East Middle School is 160 feet away. The nearest bus stop, York Av/E 79 St, is 160 feet away for the M31, and ten bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, six of them schools, and 42 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
FDR Drive
0.3 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
York Av/E 79 St · M31
Within a walk
25 places
6 schools, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
York Avenue & East 78th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is York Av/E 79 St, 160 feet away, for the M31.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. York Av/E 79 St M31 · Shelter · Countdown sign
    160 feet
    M31
    Shelter · Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. M31 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on East 78th Street and York Avenue.

  • 45 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
    840 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 mile
  2. 1385 York Avenue Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    530 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2024.

What the city has done here

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

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
33 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 8,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 45 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 40 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2018 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 78th Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 78th Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of York Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-7PM SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
  • Taxi stand 2 signs TAXI STAND MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

West side of York Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY US POSTAL SERVICE 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 109537 and 110647.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 21 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 1911.

  1. East River Homes / Cherokee Apartments Designated landmark
    300 feet
  2. Bishop Henry Codman Memorial Buildings Designated landmark
    480 feet
  3. Junior League Hotel for Women Designated landmark
    740 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
    550 feet
  2. Kryeti-Aekyad #2 Sculpture by Douglas Abdell, 1979
    650 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 158 Bayard Taylor School
    160 feet
  2. Yorkville East Middle School
    160 feet
  3. Insur Ed Trade or language school
    430 feet
Show all 11
  1. Eastside Day School Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    690 feet
  2. York Avenue Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    690 feet
  3. Hopscotch Montessori Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    720 feet
  4. Chabad-Lubavitch of the Upper East Side Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    780 feet
  5. Eleanor Roosevelt High School
    940 feet
  6. Caedmon School
    1,060 feet
  7. Lycee Francais de NY School
    1,070 feet
  8. Town School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

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

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Caldwell Public space
    740 feet
  2. Public space at Austen House Public space
    850 feet
  3. Public space at Stratford Public space
    1,260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

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

Houses of worship

  1. Yorkville Synagogue Congregation Bnai Jehuda House of worship
    910 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. John Jay Pool Swimming pool
    750 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    400 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    990 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    390 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 42 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 78th 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.