3rd Avenue & East 68th Street

The four-way crossing of 3rd Avenue and East 68th Street is in Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Rabbi Arthur Schneier Park East Day is 290 feet away, and Americas Society Art Gallery is 1,120 feet away. The nearest subway, 68 St-Hunter College, is about two minutes on foot, and eight subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 42 public places, eight of them schools, and 50 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
68 St-Hunter College
500 feet · 2 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
3 Av/E 67 St · M98, M101, M102, M103
Within a walk
42 places
9 public spaces, 8 schools and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & East 68th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 68 St-Hunter College, 500 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 72 St Q
    1,030 feet
    Q
  2. Lexington Av/63 St M, Q
    1,270 feet
    M 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 3 Av/E 67 St, 30 feet away, for the M98, M101, M102 and M103.

  • 23 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/E 67 St M98, M101, M102, M103
    30 feet
    M98 M101 M102 M103

Next buses at this stop

  1. M98 …
  2. M101 …
  3. M102 …
  4. 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.

  • 83 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
    70 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
    1,010 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 6 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 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-Carnegie Hill
Elevation
80 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 6,200 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 1929 and 1962.

Trees

NYC Parks records 69 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 41 signs on these blocks
  • 17 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2022 and October 2025; 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 68th Street (south side).

East 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-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of 3rd Avenue

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

North side of East 68th Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 101775, 103945, 105300 and 107155.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are nine Individual Landmarks, and 81 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1871 and 1909.

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 42 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Park East Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    180 feet
  2. Rabbi Arthur Schneier Park East Day School
    290 feet
  3. NY School of Interior Design College
    690 feet
Show all 17
  1. New York Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    460 feet
  2. CUNY Hunter College
    870 feet
  3. Vivvi 7 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    910 feet
  4. Manhattan High School for Girls School
    970 feet
  5. Vivvi Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,010 feet
  6. Diki Harmony Play House Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,070 feet
  7. Ella Baker School
    1,100 feet
  8. Manhattan International High School
    1,100 feet
  9. Talent Unlimited High School
    1,100 feet
  10. Urban Academy Laboratory High School
    1,100 feet
  11. Vanguard High School
    1,100 feet
  12. St Vincent Ferrer High School
    1,150 feet
  13. Marymount Manhattan College
    1,170 feet
  14. The Children's Learning Center at Hunter College Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,200 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
    310 feet
  2. Public space at 254 East 68th Street Public space
    730 feet
  3. Public space at 211 East 70th Street Public space
    910 feet
Show all 9
  1. Public space at Phoenix Public space
    950 feet
  2. Public space at 265 East 66th Street Public space
    990 feet
  3. Public space at Bristol Public space
    1,070 feet
  4. Public space at Royale Public space
    1,200 feet
  5. Public space at 220 East 72nd Street Public space
    1,200 feet
  6. Public space at Carlton Towers Public space
    1,210 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Building at 210 East 68th Street Listed historic place
    170 feet
  2. Upper East Side Historic District (Boundary Increase and Additional Documentation) Listed historic place
    650 feet
  3. Mount Sinai Dispensary Listed historic place
    730 feet
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  1. East 66th St., 131-135, East 67th St., 130-134, Apt. Bldgs. At Listed historic place
    780 feet
  2. Seventh Regiment Armory Listed historic place
    1,100 feet
  3. Rowhouses at 322-344 East 69th Street Listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Americas Society Art Gallery Arts or cultural center
    1,120 feet
  2. Italian Cultural Institute Arts or cultural center · listed historic place
    1,140 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Park East Synagogue Landmark · listed historic place
    280 feet
  2. St Vincents Ferrer Church Listed historic place
    780 feet
  3. First Hungarian Reformed Church of NY Listed historic place
    1,200 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Lenox Hill Post Office Listed historic place
    780 feet

Fire and police

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

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    760 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    800 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    1,030 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    1,160 feet
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. D'Agostino Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    500 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 50 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 68th 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.