3rd Avenue & East 64th Street

The four-way crossing of 3rd Avenue and East 64th Street is in Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Holy Name Society Building, one of seven Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 490 feet away, and Rabbi Arthur Schneier Park East Day is 1,170 feet away. The nearest subway, Lexington Av/63 St, is about a minute on foot, for the M and Q. Within a five-minute walk are 37 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 74 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Lexington Av/63 St
230 feet · 1 min on foot · M, Q
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
3 Av/E 64 St · BxM1
Within a walk
37 places
10 public spaces, 10 religious buildings and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & East 64th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Lexington Av/63 St, 230 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
    230 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
    1,020 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 64 St, 40 feet away, for the BxM1.

  • 58 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/E 64 St BxM1
    40 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.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 63 St & 3 Ave 57 docks in all
    320 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
    480 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 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-Carnegie Hill
Elevation
66 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 1968.

Trees

NYC Parks records 70 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 52 signs on these blocks
  • 21 different rules
  • 8 active meters
  • 6 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2023 and November 2023; 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 8am to 7pm on East 64th Street (south side), and as 3 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to midnight on East 64th Street (south side).

East side of 3rd Avenue

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

West side of 3rd Avenue

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

North side of East 64th Street

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Ambulances only 1 sign AMBULANCE ONLY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 101910, 103851, 105265, 105655, 106675 and 107072.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are seven Individual Landmarks, and 135 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec with alterations. They were mostly built between 1871 and 1881.

  1. Holy Name Society Building Designated landmark
    490 feet
  2. Manhattan House Designated landmark
    510 feet
  3. Barbizon Hotel for Women Designated landmark
    540 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 10 public spaces
  • 10 religious buildings
  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 5 listed historic places
  • 3 schools
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. East Side Elementary School, PS 267 School
    570 feet
  2. St Vincent Ferrer High School Landmark
    630 feet
  3. Bright Horizons at East 64th. Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    820 feet
Show all 9
  1. New York Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    980 feet
  2. Diki Harmony Play House Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    990 feet
  3. Lenox Hill Kids Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,080 feet
  4. Bridge Community Playschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,150 feet
  5. Rabbi Arthur Schneier Park East Day School
    1,170 feet
  6. Park East Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,220 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Royale Public space
    150 feet
  2. Public space at Carlton Towers Public space
    160 feet
  3. Public space at Bristol Public space
    200 feet
Show all 10
  1. Public space at Phoenix Public space
    240 feet
  2. Public space at Concorde Public space
    590 feet
  3. Public space at Trump Plaza Public space
    680 feet
  4. Public space at Wellington Estates Public space
    690 feet
  5. Public space at Savoy Public space
    930 feet
  6. Public space at Rio Public space
    940 feet
  7. Public space at 265 East 66th Street Public space
    1,260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Barbara Rutherford Hatch House Listed historic place
    470 feet
  2. Treadwell Farm Historic District Listed historic place
    1,020 feet
  3. East 66th St., 131-135, East 67th St., 130-134, Apt. Bldgs. At Listed historic place
    1,040 feet
Show all 5
  1. Building at 210 East 68th Street Listed historic place
    1,120 feet
  2. Mount Sinai Dispensary Listed historic place
    1,250 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Society of Illustrators Arts or cultural center
    840 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Rock Church House of worship
    640 feet
  2. Metropolitan Koryo United Methodist Church House of worship
    670 feet
  3. St Vincents Ferrer Church Listed historic place
    700 feet
Show all 8
  1. Our Lady of Peace Church House of worship
    770 feet
  2. Park East Synagogue Listed historic place
    880 feet
  3. Central Presbyterian Church House of worship
    910 feet
  4. Third Church of Christ Scientist House of worship
    1,110 feet
  5. All Saints Episcopal Church House of worship
    1,290 feet

Fire and police

  1. 19th Precinct Police station
    1,180 feet
  2. Engine 39/Ladder 16 Fire station
    1,180 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    80 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    210 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    330 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    340 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 74 places to eat and ten food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue or East 64th 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.