A man was struck by an SUV and killed in Manhattan, police said today.

In East Harlem, Stanley Williams, 50, had been trying to cross the Harlem River Drive, near East 135th Street, when he was hit by a Chevrolet SUV heading uptown about 10:55 p.m. yesterday, cops said.

EMS rushed Williams to Harlem Hospital, but he could not be saved.

The 31-year-old driver stayed on the scene after the parkway accident, police said, and the cause of the accident is under investigation.

Williams had lived nearby in the Wagner housing development on East 124th Street, between 1st and Second Avenue.