3rd Avenue & East 71st Street

The four-way crossing of 3rd Avenue and East 71st 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. National Society of Colonial Dames in the State of New York Head*, one of 16 Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 310 feet away. The nearest subway, 72 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 59 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
72 St
970 feet · 4 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
370 feet
E 72 St/3 Av · M72
Within a walk
20 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 4 public spaces and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & East 71st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 72 St, 970 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 72 St Q
    970 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
    1,200 feet
    6
  2. Lexington Av/63 St M, Q
    0.4 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 E 72 St/3 Av, 370 feet away, for the M72.

  • 23 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 72 St/3 Av M72 · Shelter
    370 feet
    M72
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M72 …

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 71st Street.

  • 67 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
    130 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at East 70th Street, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1855 1st Avenue Gas station
    1.5 miles
  2. 191 East 71st Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    230 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 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 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, October 2018
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, December 2025

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
76 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 7,500 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 80 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 43 signs on these blocks
  • 14 different rules
  • 6 active meters
  • 6 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 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on East 71st Street (south side).

East side of 3rd Avenue

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 4 signs 1 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 8AM-NOON EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING NOON-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING NOON-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 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-NOON EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 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 71st Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 102058, 102059, 104608, 104609, 105354 and 105763.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are 16 Individual Landmarks, and 153 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
    310 feet
  2. 167 East 73rd Street Carriage House Designated landmark
    720 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Marymount Manhattan College
    390 feet
  2. NY School of Interior Design College
    590 feet
  3. Manhattan High School for Girls School
    720 feet
Show all 8
  1. Park East Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    960 feet
  2. The Buckley School in the City of New York School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,000 feet
  3. Rabbi Arthur Schneier Park East Day School
    1,070 feet
  4. Sam School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,240 feet
  5. New York Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,240 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 211 East 70th Street Public space
    350 feet
  2. Public space at 220 East 72nd Street Public space
    430 feet
  3. Public space at Trump Palace Public space
    680 feet
Show all 4
  1. Public space at 733 Park Avenue Public space
    990 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. East 73rd Street Historic District Listed historic place
    830 feet
  2. Asia Society Museum
    950 feet
  3. Building at 210 East 68th Street Listed historic place
    950 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Park East Synagogue Listed historic place
    1,030 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Lenox Hill Post Office Listed historic place
    450 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 39/Ladder 16 Fire station
    1,170 feet
  2. 19th Precinct Police station
    1,290 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    110 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    380 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    860 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    980 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    1,090 feet
  3. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    360 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 59 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 71st 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.