York Avenue & East 89th Street

York Avenue and East 89th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper East Side-Yorkville, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. DeKovats Playground is 630 feet away, and East River Esplanade is 1,050 feet away. The nearest subway, 86 St, is about eight 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 30 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
York Av/E 88 St · M31, M86 SBS
Within a walk
20 places
4 public spaces, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
York Avenue & East 89th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 86 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. 86 St Q
    0.4 miles
    Q

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 96 St Q
    0.5 miles
    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, 170 feet away, for the M31 and M86 SBS.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. York Av/E 88 St M31, M86 SBS
    170 feet
    M31 M86 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. M31 …
  2. M86 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on East 89th Street.

  • 25 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at York Avenue & East 92nd Street, 790 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
    230 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
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 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
18 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 6,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 91 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2016 and May 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 89th Street

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

South side of East 89th Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of York Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of York Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 114804.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Modern, and built between 1941 and 1944.

  1. Municipal Asphalt Plant Designated landmark
    660 feet

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 parks
  • 3 schools
  • 2 park features
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Goddard School Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    200 feet
  2. Yorkville Community School
    730 feet
  3. The Art Farm Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,070 feet
Show all 6
  1. St Joseph's School-Yorkville School
    1,130 feet
  2. Association to Benefit Children Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,140 feet
  3. Gillen Brewer School
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Asphalt Green Park
    310 feet
  2. DeKovats Playground
    630 feet
  3. Carl Schurz Promenade in Carl Schurz Park Park feature
    780 feet
Show all 6
  1. Carl Schurz Park
    820 feet
  2. East River Esplanade Park
    1,050 feet
  3. Carl Schurz Main Lawn in Carl Schurz Park Park feature
    1,290 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at East River Towers Public space
    280 feet
  2. Public space at Andover Public space
    280 feet
  3. Public space at Channel Club Public space
    720 feet
Show all 4
  1. Public space at 444 East 86th Street Public space
    1,080 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Henderson Place Historic District Listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Holy Trinity Episcopal Church Listed historic place
    1,190 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    720 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    610 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other places

  1. East 90 Street Ferry Landing
    1,030 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 places to eat and ten food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 89th 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.