3rd Avenue & East 69th Street

The four-way crossing of 3rd Avenue and East 69th 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. Park East Synagogue is 510 feet away, and Italian Cultural Institute is 1,170 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 32 public places, six of them day care or pre-K sites, and 49 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
68 St-Hunter College
690 feet · 3 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
3 Av/E 69 St · M101, M102, M103, BxM1
Within a walk
32 places
6 day care or pre-K sites, 6 public spaces and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & East 69th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 68 St-Hunter College, 690 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 8 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 68 St-Hunter College 6
    690 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
    770 feet
    Q
  2. Lexington Av/63 St M, Q
    0.3 miles
    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 69 St, 60 feet away, for the M101, M102, M103 and BxM1.

  • 22 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/E 69 St M101, M102, M103, BxM1 · Shelter
    60 feet
    M101 M102 M103 BxM1
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M101 …
  2. M102 …
  3. M103 …
  4. 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.

  • 86 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 68 St & 3 Ave 36 docks in all
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at East 70th Street, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1855 1st Avenue Gas station
    1.6 miles
  2. 191 East 71st Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    750 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.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 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, October 2018

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10021
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 6,500 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 1929 and 1965.

Trees

NYC Parks records 86 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2022 and December 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 Friday 9am to 7pm, 2 hour passenger vehicles Saturday 9am to 7pm on East 69th Street (south side).

East 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-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 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 parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of East 69th Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 102686, 104126, 105300, 105576, 106753 and 107155.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are seven Individual Landmarks, and 118 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1871 and 1903.

  1. National Society of Colonial Dames in the State of New York Head* Designated landmark
    670 feet
  2. 130-134 East 67th Street Apartment Building Designated landmark
    700 feet
  3. 131-135 East 66th Street Apartment House Designated landmark
    790 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. NY School of Interior Design College
    430 feet
  2. Park East Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    440 feet
  3. Rabbi Arthur Schneier Park East Day School
    550 feet
Show all 11
  1. Manhattan High School for Girls School
    720 feet
  2. New York Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    720 feet
  3. Marymount Manhattan College
    910 feet
  4. CUNY Hunter College Landmark
    920 feet
  5. The Children's Learning Center at Hunter College Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · landmark
    1,100 feet
  6. Vivvi 7 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,170 feet
  7. The Episcopal School in the City of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,240 feet
  8. Vivvi Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,270 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Trump Palace Public space
    160 feet
  2. Public space at 211 East 70th Street Public space
    650 feet
  3. Public space at 220 East 72nd Street Public space
    940 feet
Show all 6
  1. Public space at 254 East 68th Street Public space
    990 feet
  2. Public space at Phoenix Public space
    1,210 feet
  3. Public space at 265 East 66th Street Public space
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Building at 210 East 68th Street Listed historic place
    430 feet
  2. Upper East Side Historic District (Boundary Increase and Additional Documentation) Listed historic place
    910 feet
  3. Mount Sinai Dispensary Listed historic place
    990 feet
Show all 6
  1. East 66th St., 131-135, East 67th St., 130-134, Apt. Bldgs. At Listed historic place
    1,040 feet
  2. Rowhouses at 322-344 East 69th Street Listed historic place
    1,050 feet
  3. Asia Society Museum
    1,180 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Italian Cultural Institute Arts or cultural center · listed historic place
    1,170 feet
  2. Americas Society Art Gallery Arts or cultural center
    1,220 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Park East Synagogue Landmark · listed historic place
    510 feet
  2. St Vincents Ferrer Church Listed historic place
    1,040 feet
  3. First Hungarian Reformed Church of NY Listed historic place
    1,150 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Lenox Hill Post Office Listed historic place
    520 feet

Fire and police

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

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    510 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    640 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    900 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,060 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,060 feet
  3. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    230 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 49 places to eat and 11 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue or East 69th 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.