York Avenue & East 92nd Street

York Avenue and East 92nd Street meet at a five-way junction in Upper East Side-Yorkville, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. DeKovats Playground is 80 feet away, and Stanley Isaacs Playground is 970 feet away. The nearest subway, 96 St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 19 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
96 St
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
E 92 St/York Av · M31, M86 SBS
Within a walk
17 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 4 public spaces and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
York Avenue & East 92nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 96 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. 96 St Q
    0.3 miles
    Q

Next trains at this station

Downtown
1 line
  1. 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 92 St/York Av, 50 feet away, for the M31 and M86 SBS.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 92 St/York Av M31, M86 SBS
    50 feet
    M31 M86 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. M31 …
  2. M86 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 11 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
    880 feet

By car

A ramp to the FDR Drive southbound starts at this corner.

  1. 1855 1st Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1675 York Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    1,010 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10128
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 8
City Council district
5 and 8 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
19
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Upper East Side-Yorkville
Elevation
12 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • Three of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 3,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1951 and 1986.

Trees

NYC Parks records 104 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 23 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2020 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 92nd Street

  • Bus layover only 2 signs MTA BUS LAYOVER ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM NO ENGINE IDLING MAX FINE $2000
  • Bus layover only 2 signs MTA BUS LAYOVER ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY ALL DAY NO ENGINE IDLING MAX FINE $2000
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 92nd Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO ASPCA
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of York Avenue

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of York Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING 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
    620 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. The Goddard School Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    90 feet
  2. Gillen Brewer School
    510 feet
  3. The Art Farm Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    780 feet
Show all 7
  1. Association to Benefit Children Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    850 feet
  2. Eisman Day Nursery Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    900 feet
  3. East Side Middle School
    1,070 feet
  4. P.S. 527 - East Side School for Social Action School
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Asphalt Green Park
    60 feet
  2. DeKovats Playground
    80 feet
  3. East River Esplanade Park
    270 feet
Show all 4
  1. Stanley Isaacs Playground
    970 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at East River Towers Public space
    840 feet
  2. Public space at Plymouth Tower Public space
    930 feet
  3. Public space at Andover Public space
    1,070 feet
Show all 4
  1. Public space at Mill Rock Plaza Public space
    1,100 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and ten food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 92nd Street, FDR Drive or York Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.