York Avenue & East 90th Street

York Avenue and East 90th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper East Side-Yorkville, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Municipal Asphalt Plant stands 520 feet away, and Carl Schurz Park is 860 feet away. The nearest subway, 86 St, is about nine minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 25 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
York Av/E 91 St · M31, M86 SBS
Within a walk
17 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 parks and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
York Avenue & East 90th 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 nine 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
    0.4 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 91 St, 160 feet away, for the M31 and M86 SBS.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. York Av/E 91 St M31, M86 SBS
    160 feet
    M31 M86 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. M31 …
  2. M86 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on East 90th Street.

  • 20 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at York Avenue & East 92nd Street, 530 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 1855 1st Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1675 York Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    490 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

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
13 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 6,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 124 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 38 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

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

North side of East 90th Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

South side of East 90th Street

  • Loading only 2 signs LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of York Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of York Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

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
    520 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 parks
  • 3 public spaces
  • 3 schools
  • 1 ferry landing
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Goddard School Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    60 feet
  2. The Art Farm Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    800 feet
  3. Gillen Brewer School
    930 feet
Show all 6
  1. Association to Benefit Children Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    870 feet
  2. Yorkville Community School
    990 feet
  3. East Side Middle School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Asphalt Green Park
    50 feet
  2. DeKovats Playground
    360 feet
  3. East River Esplanade Park
    790 feet
Show all 5
  1. Carl Schurz Promenade in Carl Schurz Park Park feature
    800 feet
  2. Carl Schurz Park
    860 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at East River Towers Public space
    310 feet
  2. Public space at Andover Public space
    540 feet
  3. Public space at Channel Club Public space
    980 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Stanley M Isaacs Neighborhood Center Older adult center
    1,210 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    980 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    880 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

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

Other places

  1. East 90 Street Ferry Landing
    890 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 places to eat and 11 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 90th 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, NYCHA, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.