3rd Avenue & East 74th Street

The four-way crossing of 3rd Avenue and East 74th Street is in Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. A designated landmark, 167 East 73rd Street Carriage House, stands 330 feet away, and Church of the Resurrection is 820 feet away. The nearest subway, 72 St, is about five minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 70 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
72 St
1,210 feet · 5 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
340 feet
3 Av/E 75 St · M101, M102, M103
Within a walk
26 places
7 religious buildings, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & East 74th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 72 St, 1,210 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 72 St Q
    1,210 feet
    Q

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 77 St 6
    1,250 feet
    6
  2. 68 St-Hunter College 6
    0.4 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 3 Av/E 75 St, 340 feet away, for the M101, M102 and M103.

  • 20 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/E 75 St M101, M102, M103
    340 feet
    M101 M102 M103

Next buses at this stop

  1. M101 …
  2. M102 …
  3. 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.

  • 84 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 4 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 3 Ave & E 72 St 35 docks in all
    520 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
    1.4 miles
  2. 207 East 74th Street Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    370 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 8 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 March 2026.

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
51 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 6,800 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 1925 and 1964.

Trees

NYC Parks records 61 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2021 and February 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 parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 9AM-7PM 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
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of East 74th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of East 74th Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 110717, 112071, 112072 and 112978.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are 17 Individual Landmarks, and 104 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1878 and 1913.

  1. 167 East 73rd Street Carriage House Designated landmark
    330 feet
  2. The St. Jean Baptiste School Designated landmark
    370 feet
  3. National Society of Colonial Dames in the State of New York Head* Designated landmark
    810 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 public spaces
  • 4 schools
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Buckley School in the City of New York School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    160 feet
  2. Sam School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    410 feet
  3. St Jean Baptiste High School
    610 feet
Show all 10
  1. J.H.S. 167 Robert F. Wagner School
    740 feet
  2. Resurrection Episcopal Day School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    770 feet
  3. Temple Israel of the City of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · landmark
    870 feet
  4. Buckley School
    900 feet
  5. Birch Wathen Lenox School
    940 feet
  6. The Cathedral School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,110 feet
  7. Marymount Manhattan College
    1,230 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Fairmont Public space
    990 feet
  2. Public space at 220 East 72nd Street Public space
    1,000 feet
  3. Public space at 300 East 74th Street Public space
    1,080 feet
Show all 4
  1. Public space at 211 East 70th Street Public space
    1,190 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. East 73rd Street Historic District Listed historic place
    520 feet
  2. Houses at 208-218 East 78th Street Listed historic place
    1,180 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Czech Center New York Arts or cultural center
    1,150 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Jean Baptiste RC Church Landmark · listed historic place
    670 feet
  2. Church of the Resurrection House of worship
    820 feet
  3. Israel Temple Landmark
    870 feet
Show all 4
  1. Greek Orthodox Holy Trinity Cathedral House of worship
    1,110 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Lenox Hill Post Office Listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 44 Fire station
    640 feet

Bank branches

  1. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    280 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    560 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    800 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    550 feet
  2. D'Agostino Supermarket
    990 feet
  3. Gristedes Supermarket
    1,040 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,230 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    1,230 feet
  3. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    1,190 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 70 places to eat and 15 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue or East 74th 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.