York Avenue & East 88th Street

York Avenue and East 88th 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. Yorkville Community School is 470 feet away. The nearest subway, 86 St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, three of them listed historic places, and 33 places to eat. About 7,600 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
2 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
York Av/E 88 St · M31
Within a walk
18 places
4 public spaces, 3 listed historic places and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
York Avenue & East 88th 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 seven 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 88 St, 110 feet away, for the M31.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. York Av/E 88 St M31 · Shelter · Countdown sign
    110 feet
    M31
    Shelter · Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. M31 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 27 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
    340 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at York Avenue & East 92nd Street, 1,050 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 1855 1st Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 1675 York Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    320 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

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
24 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 7,600 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 78 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2018 and May 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 88th Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of East 88th Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

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 parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 110847 and 112499.

Landmarks and historic districts

Twenty buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Queen Anne, and built between 1880 and 1882.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. The Goddard School Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    460 feet
  2. Yorkville Community School
    470 feet
  3. St Joseph's School-Yorkville School
    870 feet
Show all 4
  1. Association to Benefit Children Preschool
    980 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Asphalt Green Park
    570 feet
  2. Carl Schurz Promenade in Carl Schurz Park Park feature
    780 feet
  3. Carl Schurz Park
    820 feet
Show all 5
  1. DeKovats Playground
    890 feet
  2. Carl Schurz Main Lawn in Carl Schurz Park Park feature
    1,040 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Andover Public space
    290 feet
  2. Public space at Channel Club Public space
    460 feet
  3. Public space at East River Towers Public space
    530 feet
Show all 4
  1. Public space at 444 East 86th Street Public space
    820 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Municipal Asphalt Plant Listed historic place
    990 feet
  2. Henderson Place Historic District Listed historic place
    1,040 feet
  3. Archibald Gracie Mansion Listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Holy Trinity Episcopal Church Listed historic place
    1,050 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    460 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    350 feet
  2. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Fairway Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,220 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other places

  1. East 90 Street Ferry Landing
    1,300 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 88th 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.