3rd Avenue & East 72nd Street

The four-way crossing of 3rd Avenue and East 72nd Street is in Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 26 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection. Marymount Manhattan College is 680 feet away, and St Jean Baptiste RC Church is 1,210 feet away. The nearest subway, 72 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 64 places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
26 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
72 St
760 feet · 3 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
E 72 St/3 Av · M72
Within a walk
25 places
5 public spaces, 5 religious buildings and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & East 72nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 72 St, 760 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 72 St Q
    760 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
    0.3 miles
    6
  2. 77 St 6
    0.3 miles
    6

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, 120 feet away, for the M72.

  • 23 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 72 St/3 Av M72 · Shelter
    120 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.

  • 73 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. 3 Ave & E 72 St 35 docks in all
    70 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
    1.5 miles
  2. 181 East 73rd Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    530 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 26 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 10 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection, a designation it applies to corners selected for attention on their injury record. It is not a record of work done.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2015
  • Turn calming, November 2016

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
70 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to five travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 7,200 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 1927 and 1966.

Trees

NYC Parks records 58 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
  • 16 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2022 and July 2026; 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 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
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 9AM-7PM 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-NOON EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING NOON-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of East 72nd Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 72nd Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY CONSUL-C DIPLOMAT-A & D LICENSE PLATES D/S DECALS ONLY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 102059, 103993, 105354 and 106312.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are 16 Individual Landmarks, and 156 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
    360 feet
  2. 167 East 73rd Street Carriage House Designated landmark
    470 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Marymount Manhattan College
    680 feet
  2. The Buckley School in the City of New York School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    710 feet
  3. NY School of Interior Design College
    870 feet
Show all 9
  1. Sam School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    950 feet
  2. Manhattan High School for Girls School
    1,000 feet
  3. St Jean Baptiste High School
    1,150 feet
  4. Buckley School
    1,170 feet
  5. Park East Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,250 feet
  6. J.H.S. 167 Robert F. Wagner School
    1,280 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 220 East 72nd Street Public space
    450 feet
  2. Public space at 211 East 70th Street Public space
    640 feet
  3. Public space at Trump Palace Public space
    970 feet
Show all 5
  1. Public space at 300 East 74th Street Public space
    1,280 feet
  2. Public space at 733 Park Avenue Public space
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. East 73rd Street Historic District Listed historic place
    540 feet
  2. Asia Society Museum
    1,230 feet
  3. Building at 210 East 68th Street Listed historic place
    1,240 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Czech Center New York Arts or cultural center
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Jean Baptiste RC Church Listed historic place
    1,210 feet
  2. Church of the Resurrection House of worship
    1,240 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Lenox Hill Post Office Listed historic place
    740 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 44 Fire station
    1,180 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    90 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    250 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    570 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    810 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,260 feet
  3. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    650 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 64 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 72nd 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.