3rd Avenue & East 63rd Street

The four-way crossing of 3rd Avenue and East 63rd Street is in Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 37 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. East Side Elementary School, PS 267 is 310 feet away. The nearest subway, Lexington Av/63 St, is about a minute on foot, and eight subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 31 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 84 places to eat.

Safety record
21 hurt
37 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Lexington Av/63 St
80 feet · 1 min on foot · M, Q
Nearest bus stop
80 feet
3 Av/E 63 St · M101, M102, M103
Within a walk
31 places
10 public spaces, 9 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & East 63rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Lexington Av/63 St, 80 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 8 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lexington Av/63 St M, Q
    80 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
    750 feet
    4 5 6 N R W
  2. 68 St-Hunter College 6
    0.3 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 63 St, 80 feet away, for the M101, M102 and M103.

  • 62 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/E 63 St M101, M102, M103
    80 feet
    M101 M102 M103

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.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 63 St & 3 Ave 57 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, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1855 1st Avenue Gas station
    1.9 miles
  2. 200 East 65th Street Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    740 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 37 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 21 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 8 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2017

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
62 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 5,900 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 1951 and 1978.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2020 and November 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 3rd Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM

West side of 3rd Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING NOON-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 4 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 8AM-NOON EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of East 63rd Street

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

South side of East 63rd Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 4 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 102307, 102308, 105267 and 107072.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are five Individual Landmarks, and 148 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as French Second Empire and neo-Grec with alterations. They were mostly built between 1870 and 1879.

  1. Barbizon Hotel for Women Designated landmark
    420 feet
  2. Holy Name Society Building Designated landmark
    690 feet
  3. Manhattan House Designated landmark
    730 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

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

Schools and child care

  1. East Side Elementary School, PS 267 School
    310 feet
  2. Lenox Hill Kids Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    820 feet
  3. Bridge Community Playschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    890 feet
Show all 8
  1. St Vincent Ferrer High School Landmark
    890 feet
  2. Bright Horizons at East 64th. Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,080 feet
  3. Weill Cornell Children's Center at East 62nd Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,140 feet
  4. New York Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,240 feet
  5. Diki Harmony Play House Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,250 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Royale Public space
    230 feet
  2. Public space at Carlton Towers Public space
    310 feet
  3. Public space at Trump Plaza Public space
    420 feet
Show all 10
  1. Public space at Wellington Estates Public space
    430 feet
  2. Public space at Bristol Public space
    460 feet
  3. Public space at Phoenix Public space
    500 feet
  4. Public space at Savoy Public space
    670 feet
  5. Public space at Concorde Public space
    850 feet
  6. Public space at Paladin Public space
    1,100 feet
  7. Public space at Rio Public space
    1,200 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Barbara Rutherford Hatch House Listed historic place
    370 feet
  2. Treadwell Farm Historic District Listed historic place
    760 feet
  3. East 66th St., 131-135, East 67th St., 130-134, Apt. Bldgs. At Listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Society of Illustrators Arts or cultural center
    650 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Rock Church House of worship
    380 feet
  2. Metropolitan Koryo United Methodist Church House of worship
    410 feet
  3. Our Lady of Peace Church Landmark
    520 feet
Show all 8
  1. Third Church of Christ Scientist House of worship
    940 feet
  2. Central Presbyterian Church House of worship
    950 feet
  3. St Vincents Ferrer Church Listed historic place
    960 feet
  4. All Saints Episcopal Church House of worship
    1,020 feet
  5. Park East Synagogue Listed historic place
    1,150 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    340 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    470 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    590 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    120 feet
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    600 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 84 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue or East 63rd 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.