3rd Avenue & East 58th Street

The four-way crossing of 3rd Avenue and East 58th Street is in East Midtown-Turtle Bay, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 39 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Modulightor Building stands 570 feet away, and FDR Post Office is 980 feet away. The nearest subway, Lexington Av/59 St, is about two minutes on foot, and ten subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 34 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 102 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along 3rd Avenue.

Safety record
20 hurt
39 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Lexington Av/59 St
500 feet · 2 min on foot · 4, 5, 6, N, R, W
Nearest bus stop
320 feet
3 Av/E 57 St · M101, M102, M103
Within a walk
34 places
16 public spaces, 5 religious buildings and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & East 58th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Lexington Av/59 St, 500 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 6 lines at the nearest station
  • 10 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lexington Av/59 St 4, 5, 6, N, R, W
    500 feet
    4 5 6 N R W

Next trains at this station

Uptown
3 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. 5 …
  3. 6 …
Downtown
6 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. 5 …
  3. 6 …
  4. N …
  5. R …
  6. W …
Queens
3 lines
  1. N …
  2. R …
  3. W …

Also within a walk

  1. Lexington Av/51-53 Sts 6, E, F
    0.3 miles
    6 E F
  2. Lexington Av/63 St M, Q
    0.3 miles
    M Q

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Blooming” (1996) by Elizabeth Murray at the Lexington Av/59 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/E 57 St, 320 feet away, for the M101, M102 and M103.

  • 71 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/E 57 St M101, M102, M103 · Shelter
    320 feet
    M101 M102 M103
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M101 …
  2. M102 …
  3. M103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 3rd Avenue.

  • 26 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 58 St & 3 Ave 49 docks in all
    60 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at Queensboro Bridge & 2nd Avenue at East 59th Street, 980 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 720 11th Avenue Gas station
    2 miles
  2. 300 East 54th Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 39 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 20 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 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, October 2018

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10022
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 6
City Council district
4 and 5 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
17
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Midtown-Turtle Bay
Elevation
49 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 4,900 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 1959 and 1986.

Since 2014 at least 27 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 26 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 47 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2018 and November 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 3rd Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 3rd Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 4PM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7PM-10PM SATURDAY 9AM-10PM
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

North side of East 58th Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 9 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7PM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 9 signs NO STANDING MIDNIGHT-7PM ALL DAYS

South side of East 58th Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 5 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 6AM-3PM 8PM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 3 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY CONSUL-C DIPLOMAT-A & D LICENSE PLATES D/S DECALS ONLY
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 101488, 103387, 104384 and 106043.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 14 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Anglo-Italianate (late). They were mostly built between 1871 and 1872.

  1. Modulightor Building Designated landmark
    570 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 34 public places.

  • 16 public spaces
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 2 parks
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Super Stars Tennis Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    670 feet
  2. Art and Design High School
    870 feet
  3. P.S. 059 Beekman Hill International School
    870 feet
Show all 5
  1. District 2 Pre-K Center at 252 East 57 Street Pre-K center
    1,030 feet
  2. Bridge Community Playschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Tramway Plaza
    950 feet
  2. Honey Locust Park
    1,260 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Architects and Designers Public space
    320 feet
  2. Public space at 950 Third Avenue Public space
    450 feet
  3. Public space at Savoy Public space
    750 feet
Show all 16
  1. Public space at 135 East 57th Street Public space
    810 feet
  2. Public space at Landmark Public space
    870 feet
  3. Public space at 110 East 59th Street Public space
    900 feet
  4. Public space at Galleria Public space
    910 feet
  5. Public space at 919 Third Avenue Public space
    950 feet
  6. Public space at International Plaza Public space
    1,000 feet
  7. Public space at Trump Plaza Public space
    1,010 feet
  8. Public space at Wellington Estates Public space
    1,040 feet
  9. Public space at 900 Third Avenue Public space
    1,090 feet
  10. Public space at Plaza Tower Public space
    1,090 feet
  11. Public space at 909 Third Avenue Public space
    1,220 feet
  12. Public space at 885 Third Avenue Public space
    1,250 feet
  13. Public space at 499 Park Avenue Public space
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Substation #42 (Dual System IRT) Listed historic place
    620 feet
  2. NY Genealogical & Biographical Soc Research library
    820 feet
  3. 58th Street Library
    900 feet
Show all 5
  1. Houses at 311 and 313 East 58th Street Listed historic place
    960 feet
  2. Treadwell Farm Historic District Listed historic place
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. All Saints Episcopal Church House of worship
    700 feet
  2. Metropolitan Koryo United Methodist Church House of worship
    1,050 feet
  3. Rock Church House of worship
    1,230 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. FDR Post Office
    980 feet

Bank branches

  1. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    70 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    380 feet
  3. Santander Bank Bank branch
    520 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    800 feet
  2. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,220 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 102 places to eat and 15 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue or East 58th Street.

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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.