3rd Avenue & East 60th Street

The four-way crossing of 3rd Avenue and East 60th Street is in Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 36 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. All Saints Episcopal Church is 390 feet away, and the Grolier Club of New York is 1,240 feet away. The nearest subway, Lexington Av/59 St, is about a minute on foot, and ten subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 37 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 98 places to eat.

Safety record
19 hurt
36 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Lexington Av/59 St
70 feet · 1 min on foot · 4, 5, 6, N, R, W
Nearest bus stop
200 feet
3 Av/E 60 St · M101, M102, M103
Within a walk
37 places
16 public spaces, 7 religious buildings and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & East 60th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Lexington Av/59 St, 70 feet from this corner, about a minute 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
    70 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/63 St M, Q
    840 feet
    M Q
  2. Lexington Av/51-53 Sts 6, E, F
    0.4 miles
    6 E F

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 60 St, 200 feet away, for the M101, M102 and M103.

  • 68 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/E 60 St M101, M102, M103 · Countdown sign
    200 feet
    M101 M102 M103
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. M101 …
  2. M102 …
  3. M103 …

Live arrivals

A bus lane runs along 3rd Avenue, all day, every day.

Cycling

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

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 3 Ave & E 62 St 51 docks in all
    460 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at Queensboro Bridge & 2nd Avenue at East 59th Street, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 720 11th Avenue Gas station
    1.9 miles
  2. 200 East 65th Street Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 36 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 19 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Safety Improvement Project, 2014

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10022
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 8
City Council district
4 and 5 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
19
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill
Elevation
56 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 4,600 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 1940 and 1967.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2019 and November 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 3rd Avenue

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 3rd Avenue

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 4PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Taxi stand 1 sign TAXI STAND

North side of East 60th Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 4 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 60th Street

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 103528, 104085, 105751 and 106763.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 81 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as French Second Empire. They were mostly built between 1870 and 1875.

  1. First Swedish Baptist Church Designated landmark
    570 feet
  2. Barbizon Hotel for Women Designated landmark
    810 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 37 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Bridge Community Playschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    630 feet
  2. Children's All Day School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    800 feet
  3. East Side Elementary School, PS 267 School
    1,090 feet
Show all 5
  1. Super Stars Tennis Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,190 feet
  2. Christ Church, Methodist Episcopal, of New York City Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

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

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Savoy Public space
    230 feet
  2. Public space at Trump Plaza Public space
    490 feet
  3. Public space at Wellington Estates Public space
    520 feet
Show all 16
  1. Public space at International Plaza Public space
    700 feet
  2. Public space at Plaza Tower Public space
    780 feet
  3. Public space at Architects and Designers Public space
    840 feet
  4. Public space at 950 Third Avenue Public space
    970 feet
  5. Public space at Royale Public space
    1,020 feet
  6. Public space at Evansview Public space
    1,030 feet
  7. Public space at Carlton Towers Public space
    1,090 feet
  8. Public space at 110 East 59th Street Public space
    1,190 feet
  9. Public space at Landmark Public space
    1,200 feet
  10. Public space at Bristol Public space
    1,240 feet
  11. Public space at Paladin Public space
    1,250 feet
  12. Public space at 499 Park Avenue Public space
    1,270 feet
  13. Public space at Phoenix Public space
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Treadwell Farm Historic District Listed historic place
    740 feet
  2. Old York Library Research library
    1,080 feet
  3. Substation #42 (Dual System IRT) Listed historic place
    1,140 feet
Show all 6
  1. Barbara Rutherford Hatch House Listed historic place
    1,150 feet
  2. 58th Street Library
    1,190 feet
  3. The Grolier Club of New York Research library
    1,240 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Society of Illustrators Arts or cultural center
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. All Saints Episcopal Church House of worship
    390 feet
  2. Metropolitan Koryo United Methodist Church House of worship
    530 feet
  3. Rock Church House of worship
    710 feet
Show all 5
  1. Our Lady of Peace Church Landmark
    1,000 feet
  2. Christ Church Methodist House of worship
    1,160 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    490 feet
  2. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    590 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    600 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    900 feet
  2. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    1,320 feet
  3. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 98 places to eat and 17 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue or East 60th 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.