York Avenue & East 87th Street

York Avenue and East 87th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper East Side-Yorkville, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. St Joseph's School-Yorkville is 610 feet away, and Asphalt Green is 830 feet away. The nearest subway, 86 St, is about six minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 31 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
York Av/E 87 St · M31, M86 SBS
Within a walk
20 places
4 public spaces, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
York Avenue & East 87th 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 87 St, 70 feet away, for the M31 and M86 SBS.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. York Av/E 87 St M31, M86 SBS
    70 feet
    M31 M86 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. M31 …
  2. M86 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 31 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 89 St & York Ave 35 docks in all
    600 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at York Avenue & East 92nd Street, 1,310 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 1855 1st Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 1675 York Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    580 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.

  • 3 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2017

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10128
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 8
City Council district
5
Police precinct
19
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Upper East Side-Yorkville
Elevation
34 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 8,100 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 70 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
  • 4 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2018 and July 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 87th Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO DEPT OF SANITATION
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of East 87th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

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 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 110049, 110847 and 112524.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 22 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

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 public spaces
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 3 park features
  • 2 parks
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. St Joseph's School-Yorkville School
    610 feet
  2. Association to Benefit Children Preschool
    720 feet
  3. The Goddard School Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    730 feet
Show all 5
  1. Yorkville Community School
    730 feet
  2. International Preschools Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Carl Schurz Main Lawn in Carl Schurz Park Park feature
    770 feet
  2. Carl Schurz Promenade in Carl Schurz Park Park feature
    770 feet
  3. Asphalt Green Park
    830 feet
Show all 7
  1. Carl Schurz Park
    870 feet
  2. Peter Pan Statue in Carl Schurz Park Park feature
    1,070 feet
  3. DeKovats Playground
    1,150 feet
  4. Catbird Playground
    1,270 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Channel Club Public space
    200 feet
  2. Public space at Andover Public space
    540 feet
  3. Public space at 444 East 86th Street Public space
    560 feet
Show all 4
  1. Public space at East River Towers Public space
    800 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Henderson Place Historic District Listed historic place
    780 feet
  2. Archibald Gracie Mansion Listed historic place
    1,050 feet
  3. Municipal Asphalt Plant Listed historic place
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Holy Trinity Episcopal Church Listed historic place
    1,080 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    90 feet
  2. Fairway Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. D'Agostino Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 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 87th 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.