3rd Avenue & East 62nd Street

The four-way crossing of 3rd Avenue and East 62nd Street is in Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Metropolitan Koryo United Methodist Church is 270 feet away, and Browning School is 1,300 feet away. The nearest subway, Lexington Av/63 St, is about a minute on foot, and ten subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 31 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 87 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Lexington Av/63 St
310 feet · 1 min on foot · M, Q
Nearest bus stop
310 feet
3 Av/E 61 St · BxM1
Within a walk
31 places
12 public spaces, 8 religious buildings and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & East 62nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Lexington Av/63 St, 310 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 10 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lexington Av/63 St M, Q
    310 feet
    M Q

Next trains at this station

Uptown & Queens
2 lines
  1. M …
  2. Q …
Downtown
2 lines
  1. M …
  2. Q …

Also within a walk

  1. Lexington Av/59 St 4, 5, 6, N, R, W
    500 feet
    4 5 6 N R W
  2. 68 St-Hunter College 6
    0.4 miles
    6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Elevated” (2017) by Jean Shin at the Lexington Av/63 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/E 61 St, 310 feet away, for the BxM1.

  • 62 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/E 61 St BxM1
    310 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 62nd Street.

  • 56 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
    110 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. 1855 1st Avenue Gas station
    2 miles
  2. 200 East 65th Street Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    1,000 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 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.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 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-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island
Elevation
61 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 5,500 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 1941 and 1978.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 62 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 53 signs on these blocks
  • 20 different rules
  • 7 active meters
  • 6 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2023 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 7am to 7pm on East 62nd Street (south side), and as 3 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on East 62nd 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 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 3PM-7PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-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 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING NOON-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 8AM-NOON EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 101180, 101181, 101510, 102307, 104031 and 104032.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 121 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. Barbizon Hotel for Women Designated landmark
    440 feet
  2. First Swedish Baptist Church Designated landmark
    630 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 public places.

  • 12 public spaces
  • 8 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. East Side Elementary School, PS 267 School
    570 feet
  2. Bridge Community Playschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    630 feet
  3. Weill Cornell Children's Center at East 62nd Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    880 feet
Show all 6
  1. Lenox Hill Kids Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,080 feet
  2. St Vincent Ferrer High School
    1,150 feet
  3. Browning School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Tramway Plaza
    1,140 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Trump Plaza Public space
    150 feet
  2. Public space at Wellington Estates Public space
    170 feet
  3. Public space at Savoy Public space
    410 feet
Show all 12
  1. Public space at Royale Public space
    500 feet
  2. Public space at Carlton Towers Public space
    570 feet
  3. Public space at Bristol Public space
    720 feet
  4. Public space at Phoenix Public space
    760 feet
  5. Public space at Paladin Public space
    830 feet
  6. Public space at Concorde Public space
    1,110 feet
  7. Public space at Evansview Public space
    1,140 feet
  8. Public space at International Plaza Public space
    1,220 feet
  9. Public space at Plaza Tower Public space
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Treadwell Farm Historic District Listed historic place
    500 feet
  2. Barbara Rutherford Hatch House Listed historic place
    630 feet
  3. Old York Library Research library
    1,080 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Society of Illustrators Arts or cultural center
    760 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Metropolitan Koryo United Methodist Church House of worship
    270 feet
  2. Rock Church House of worship
    320 feet
  3. Our Lady of Peace Church Landmark
    480 feet
Show all 7
  1. All Saints Episcopal Church House of worship
    760 feet
  2. Third Church of Christ Scientist House of worship
    1,200 feet
  3. Central Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,210 feet
  4. St Vincents Ferrer Church Listed historic place
    1,220 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    600 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    730 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    850 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    810 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 87 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue or East 62nd 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.