3rd Avenue & East 67th Street

The four-way crossing of 3rd Avenue and East 67th Street is in Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island, Manhattan, and is also named Sakharov-Bonner Corner by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 21 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Park East Synagogue is 190 feet away, and St. Catherine's Park is 1,140 feet away. The nearest subway, 68 St-Hunter College, is about three minutes on foot, and eight subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 39 public places, eight of them schools, and 45 places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
21 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
68 St-Hunter College
760 feet · 3 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
90 feet
E 67 St/3 Av · M66
Within a walk
39 places
9 public spaces, 8 schools and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & East 67th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 68 St-Hunter College, 760 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 8 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 68 St-Hunter College 6
    760 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. 6 …
Downtown
1 line
  1. 6 …

Also within a walk

  1. Lexington Av/63 St M, Q
    1,010 feet
    M Q
  2. 72 St Q
    1,290 feet
    Q

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Tempestuous Terrain; Liminal Location” (2024) by Lisa Corinne Davis at the 68 St-Hunter College station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 67 St/3 Av, 90 feet away, for the M66.

  • 26 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 67 St/3 Av M66
    90 feet
    M66

Next buses at this stop

  1. M66 …

Live arrivals

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

Cycling

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

  • 79 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. E 68 St & 3 Ave 36 docks in all
    330 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at Queensboro Bridge & 2nd Avenue at East 59th Street, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1855 1st Avenue Gas station
    1.7 miles
  2. 191 East 71st Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1,280 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 21 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

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
79 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Sakharov-Bonner Corner, a co-naming enacted on July 6, 1984 (Local Law 43 of 1984).

The streets

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

Homes

About 6,100 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 1931 and 1968.

Trees

NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Sakharov-Bonner Corner.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 40 signs on these blocks
  • 16 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2016 and May 2024; 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 67th Street (south side).

East side of 3rd Avenue

  • 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 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of 3rd Avenue

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 1 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 8AM-NOON 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-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of East 67th Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO FIRE DEPARTMENT
  • Authorized vehicles only 3 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 103945, 105312, 105313 and 105565.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are nine Individual Landmarks, and 66 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec with alterations. They were mostly built between 1872 and 1907.

  1. 130-134 East 67th Street Apartment Building Designated landmark
    380 feet
  2. 131-135 East 66th Street Apartment House Designated landmark
    390 feet
  3. Church of Saint Vincent Ferrer Designated landmark
    410 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 39 public places.

  • 9 public spaces
  • 8 schools
  • 6 listed historic places
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. New York Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    200 feet
  2. Rabbi Arthur Schneier Park East Day School
    390 feet
  3. St Vincent Ferrer High School
    890 feet
Show all 15
  1. Park East Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    440 feet
  2. Vivvi Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    750 feet
  3. Vivvi 7 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    770 feet
  4. Diki Harmony Play House Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    810 feet
  5. NY School of Interior Design College
    950 feet
  6. Ella Baker School
    1,110 feet
  7. Manhattan International High School
    1,110 feet
  8. Talent Unlimited High School
    1,110 feet
  9. Urban Academy Laboratory High School
    1,110 feet
  10. Vanguard High School
    1,110 feet
  11. CUNY Hunter College
    1,130 feet
  12. Manhattan High School for Girls School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. Catherine's Park
    1,140 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Trump Palace Public space
    560 feet
  2. Public space at Phoenix Public space
    690 feet
  3. Public space at 254 East 68th Street Public space
    720 feet
Show all 9
  1. Public space at 265 East 66th Street Public space
    730 feet
  2. Public space at Bristol Public space
    810 feet
  3. Public space at Royale Public space
    940 feet
  4. Public space at Carlton Towers Public space
    940 feet
  5. Public space at Concorde Public space
    1,160 feet
  6. Public space at 211 East 70th Street Public space
    1,170 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Building at 210 East 68th Street Listed historic place
    340 feet
  2. Mount Sinai Dispensary Listed historic place
    470 feet
  3. East 66th St., 131-135, East 67th St., 130-134, Apt. Bldgs. At Listed historic place
    520 feet
Show all 7
  1. Upper East Side Historic District (Boundary Increase and Additional Documentation) Listed historic place
    640 feet
  2. Seventh Regiment Armory Listed historic place
    840 feet
  3. 67th Street Library
    1,180 feet
  4. Barbara Rutherford Hatch House Listed historic place
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Park East Synagogue Landmark · listed historic place
    190 feet
  2. St Vincents Ferrer Church Listed historic place
    520 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Lenox Hill Post Office Listed historic place
    1,040 feet

Fire and police

  1. 19th Precinct Police station
    400 feet
  2. Engine 39/Ladder 16 Fire station · landmark
    400 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    530 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    670 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    770 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    1,000 feet
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    540 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  3. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    750 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 45 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 67th 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 Records, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.