York Avenue & East 91st Street

York Avenue and East 91st Street meet at a five-way junction in Upper East Side-Yorkville, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Asphalt Green is 40 feet away, and Carl Schurz Promenade in Carl Schurz Park is 1,080 feet away. The nearest subway, 96 St, is about eight minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, five of them day care or pre-K sites, and 20 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
96 St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
E 91 St/York Av · M31, M86 SBS
Within a walk
22 places
5 day care or pre-K sites, 4 public spaces and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
York Avenue & East 91st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 96 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. 96 St Q
    0.4 miles
    Q

Next trains at this station

Downtown
1 line
  1. Q …

Also within a walk

  1. 86 St Q
    0.5 miles
    Q

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Blueprint for a Landscape” (2017) by Sarah Sze at the 96 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 91 St/York Av, 50 feet away, for the M31 and M86 SBS.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M31 …
  2. M86 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on East 91st Street.

  • 12 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at York Avenue & East 92nd Street, 250 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
    760 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported eight 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 a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, November 2015
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, undated in the City's record

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
14 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 144 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2018 and August 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 91st Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO ASPCA
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY

South side of East 91st Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of York Avenue

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of York Avenue

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

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
    510 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 public spaces
  • 4 schools
  • 3 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Goddard School Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    330 feet
  2. The Art Farm Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    530 feet
  3. Gillen Brewer School
    660 feet
Show all 9
  1. Association to Benefit Children Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    600 feet
  2. East Side Middle School
    1,040 feet
  3. P.S. 527 - East Side School for Social Action School
    1,100 feet
  4. Eisman Day Nursery Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,150 feet
  5. Yorkville Community School
    1,270 feet
  6. Sunshine LC of 91st Street Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Asphalt Green Park
    40 feet
  2. DeKovats Playground
    90 feet
  3. East River Esplanade Park
    520 feet
Show all 6
  1. Carl Schurz Promenade in Carl Schurz Park Park feature
    1,080 feet
  2. Carl Schurz Park
    1,130 feet
  3. Stanley Isaacs Playground
    1,220 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at East River Towers Public space
    590 feet
  2. Public space at Andover Public space
    820 feet
  3. Public space at Plymouth Tower Public space
    1,170 feet
Show all 4
  1. Public space at Channel Club Public space
    1,260 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Stanley M Isaacs Neighborhood Center Older adult center
    940 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    1,150 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

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

Other places

  1. East 90 Street Ferry Landing
    1,160 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 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 DSNY Marine Transfer Station Ramp, East 91st 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.