3rd Avenue & East 70th Street

The four-way crossing of 3rd Avenue and East 70th Street is in Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. NY School of Interior Design is 320 feet away, and St Vincents Ferrer Church is 1,300 feet away. The nearest subway, 72 St, is about three minutes on foot, and eight subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, six of them listed historic places, and 57 places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
72 St
810 feet · 3 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
240 feet
3 Av/E 69 St · M101, M102, M103, BxM1
Within a walk
26 places
6 listed historic places, 5 public spaces and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & East 70th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 72 St, 810 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 8 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 72 St Q
    810 feet
    Q

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. Q …
Downtown
1 line
  1. Q …

Also within a walk

  1. 68 St-Hunter College 6
    940 feet
    6
  2. Lexington Av/63 St M, Q
    0.3 miles
    M Q

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Perfect Strangers” (2017) by Vik Muniz at the 72 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/E 69 St, 240 feet away, for the M101, M102, M103 and BxM1.

  • 23 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/E 69 St M101, M102, M103, BxM1 · Shelter
    240 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 and East 70th Street.

  • 70 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. 3 Ave & E 71 St 47 docks in all
    160 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at East 70th Street, 0.5 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
    490 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2017
  • Turn calming, December 2017

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-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island
Elevation
78 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 6,900 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 1929 and 1966.

Trees

NYC Parks records 90 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 46 signs on these blocks
  • 17 different rules
  • 6 active meters
  • 5 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2018 and October 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

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-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of 3rd Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of East 70th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 3 signs AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY US POSTAL SERVICE
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of East 70th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY US POSTAL SERVICE

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 102686, 104126, 104127, 104607 and 105763.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are 12 Individual Landmarks, and 143 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1871 and 1902.

  1. National Society of Colonial Dames in the State of New York Head* Designated landmark
    450 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. NY School of Interior Design College
    320 feet
  2. Manhattan High School for Girls School
    450 feet
  3. Marymount Manhattan College
    650 feet
Show all 9
  1. Park East Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    700 feet
  2. Rabbi Arthur Schneier Park East Day School
    810 feet
  3. New York Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    980 feet
  4. Lenox Hill Neighborhood House Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,140 feet
  5. CUNY Hunter College
    1,180 feet
  6. The Buckley School in the City of New York School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,260 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 211 East 70th Street Public space
    390 feet
  2. Public space at Trump Palace Public space
    420 feet
  3. Public space at 220 East 72nd Street Public space
    680 feet
Show all 5
  1. Public space at 254 East 68th Street Public space
    1,250 feet
  2. Public space at 733 Park Avenue Public space
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Building at 210 East 68th Street Listed historic place
    690 feet
  2. Asia Society Museum
    920 feet
  3. East 73rd Street Historic District Listed historic place
    1,090 feet
Show all 7
  1. Upper East Side Historic District (Boundary Increase and Additional Documentation) Listed historic place
    1,170 feet
  2. Mount Sinai Dispensary Listed historic place
    1,250 feet
  3. East 66th St., 131-135, East 67th St., 130-134, Apt. Bldgs. At Listed historic place
    1,300 feet
  4. Rowhouses at 322-344 East 69th Street Listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Park East Synagogue Landmark · listed historic place
    760 feet
  2. First Hungarian Reformed Church of NY Listed historic place
    1,240 feet
  3. St Vincents Ferrer Church Listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Lenox Hill Post Office Listed historic place
    400 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 39/Ladder 16 Fire station · landmark
    920 feet
  2. 19th Precinct Police station
    1,030 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    380 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    640 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    770 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    800 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,320 feet
  3. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    100 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 57 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue or East 70th 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.