3rd Avenue & East 61st Street

The four-way crossing of 3rd Avenue and East 61st Street is in Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Rock Church is 450 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 28 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 86 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Lexington Av/59 St
230 feet · 1 min on foot · 4, 5, 6, N, R, W
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
3 Av/E 61 St · BxM1
Within a walk
28 places
13 public spaces, 6 religious buildings and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & East 61st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Lexington Av/59 St, 230 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
    230 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
    570 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 61 St, 50 feet away, for the BxM1.

  • 63 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/E 61 St BxM1
    50 feet
    BxM1

Next buses at this stop

  1. BxM1 …

Live arrivals

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

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 3rd Avenue and East 61st Street.

  • 43 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. 3 Ave & E 62 St 51 docks in all
    200 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at Queensboro Bridge & 2nd Avenue at East 59th Street, 0.3 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
    1,260 feet
  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 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 2 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 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, October 2018

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10065
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
58 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 66 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 49 signs on these blocks
  • 19 different rules
  • 8 active meters
  • 5 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2021 and April 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 3 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Saturday 11am to 7pm on East 61st Street (south side), and as 3 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on East 61st Street (south side).

East side of 3rd Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-3PM SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 3PM-7PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-3PM

West side of 3rd Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

North side of East 61st Street

  • No stopping 9 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 101180, 104032, 104085, 104086 and 105753.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 94 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
    540 feet
  2. Barbizon Hotel for Women Designated landmark
    600 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 public places.

  • 13 public spaces
  • 6 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 arts or cultural center
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bridge Community Playschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    370 feet
  2. East Side Elementary School, PS 267 School
    830 feet
  3. Children's All Day School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,060 feet
Show all 4
  1. Weill Cornell Children's Center at East 62nd Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,140 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Tramway Plaza
    880 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Savoy Public space
    150 feet
  2. Public space at Trump Plaza Public space
    230 feet
  3. Public space at Wellington Estates Public space
    260 feet
Show all 13
  1. Public space at Royale Public space
    750 feet
  2. Public space at Carlton Towers Public space
    830 feet
  3. Public space at Evansview Public space
    880 feet
  4. Public space at International Plaza Public space
    960 feet
  5. Public space at Bristol Public space
    980 feet
  6. Public space at Paladin Public space
    990 feet
  7. Public space at Phoenix Public space
    1,020 feet
  8. Public space at Plaza Tower Public space
    1,040 feet
  9. Public space at Architects and Designers Public space
    1,100 feet
  10. Public space at 950 Third Avenue Public space
    1,230 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Treadwell Farm Historic District Listed historic place
    480 feet
  2. Old York Library Research library
    820 feet
  3. Barbara Rutherford Hatch House Listed historic place
    890 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Society of Illustrators Arts or cultural center
    1,030 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Metropolitan Koryo United Methodist Church House of worship
    330 feet
  2. Rock Church House of worship
    450 feet
  3. All Saints Episcopal Church House of worship
    500 feet
Show all 5
  1. Our Lady of Peace Church Landmark
    740 feet
  2. Christ Church Methodist House of worship
    1,210 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    730 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    750 feet
  3. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    850 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    540 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 86 places to eat and 16 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue or East 61st 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.