York Avenue & East 85th Street

York Avenue and East 85th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper East Side-Yorkville, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Carl Schurz Main Lawn in Carl Schurz Park is 780 feet away. The nearest subway, 86 St, is about six minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, eight of them day care or pre-K sites, and 26 places to eat. About 8,300 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
6 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
York Av/E 84 St · M31
Within a walk
24 places
8 day care or pre-K sites, 8 public spaces and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
York Avenue & East 85th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 86 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. 86 St Q
    0.3 miles
    Q

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. Q …
Downtown
1 line
  1. Q …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Subway Portraits” (2017) by Chuck Close at the 86 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is York Av/E 84 St, 170 feet away, for the M31.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. York Av/E 84 St M31 · Shelter
    170 feet
    M31
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M31 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 47 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 85 St & York Ave 47 docks in all
    120 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at York Avenue & East 92nd Street, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1855 1st Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 141 East 89th Street Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    940 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2017

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10028
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 8
City Council district
5
Police precinct
19
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Upper East Side-Yorkville
Elevation
54 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 8,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 35 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 64 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 36 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2016 and March 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 85th Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of East 85th Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of York Avenue

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

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 zones: 111065 and 111621.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 17 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Queen Anne. They were mostly built between 1880 and 1882.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 public places.

  • 8 day care or pre-K sites
  • 8 public spaces
  • 3 schools
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Association to Benefit Children Preschool
    730 feet
  2. Manhattan Schoolhouse Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    880 feet
  3. St Joseph's School-Yorkville School
    1,000 feet
Show all 11
  1. Chapin School
    1,010 feet
  2. Eastside Day School Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,210 feet
  3. York Avenue Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,210 feet
  4. Clarke Schools for Hearing and Speech Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,240 feet
  5. Clarke School - NYC Preschool
    1,240 feet
  6. International Preschools Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,250 feet
  7. The Goddard School Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,290 feet
  8. Yorkville Community School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Carl Schurz Main Lawn in Carl Schurz Park Park feature
    780 feet
  2. Carl Schurz Park
    820 feet
  3. Catbird Playground
    850 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 444 East 86th Street Public space
    370 feet
  2. Public space at Channel Club Public space
    530 feet
  3. Public space at Dunhill Public space
    940 feet
Show all 8
  1. Public space at Adams Tower Public space
    950 feet
  2. Public space at Strathmore Public space
    990 feet
  3. Public space at Andover Public space
    1,110 feet
  4. Public space at 353 East 83rd Street Public space
    1,220 feet
  5. Public space at 60 East End Avenue Public space
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Henderson Place Historic District Listed historic place
    1,050 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Zion St Marks Evangelical Lutheran Church Listed historic place
    1,030 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    400 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 85th Street or York Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.