3rd Avenue & East 75th Street

The four-way crossing of 3rd Avenue and East 75th Street is in Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The St. Jean Baptiste School stands 200 feet away. The nearest subway, 77 St, is about four minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 81 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
77 St
980 feet · 4 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
80 feet
3 Av/E 75 St · M101, M102, M103
Within a walk
22 places
7 religious buildings, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & East 75th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 77 St, 980 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 77 St 6
    980 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
    0.3 miles
    Q
  2. 68 St-Hunter College 6
    0.4 miles
    6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “4 Seasons Seasoned” (2004) by Robert Kushner at the 77 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/E 75 St, 80 feet away, for the M101, M102 and M103.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/E 75 St M101, M102, M103
    80 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.

  • 93 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. E 75 St & 3 Ave 41 docks in all
    470 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at FDR Drive & East 78th Street, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1855 1st Avenue Gas station
    1.3 miles
  2. 165 East 77th Street Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    940 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 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
50 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 6,700 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 1923 and 1962.

Trees

NYC Parks records 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2018 and June 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 1 sign 1 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of 3rd Avenue

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 3 signs 1 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 8AM-NOON EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 3 signs 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 75th Street

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 111051, 112072 and 114624.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are 22 Individual Landmarks, and 83 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1877 and 1909.

  1. The St. Jean Baptiste School Designated landmark
    200 feet
  2. 167 East 73rd Street Carriage House Designated landmark
    520 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. St Jean Baptiste High School
    340 feet
  2. The Buckley School in the City of New York School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    430 feet
  3. J.H.S. 167 Robert F. Wagner School
    470 feet
Show all 9
  1. Sam School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    670 feet
  2. Birch Wathen Lenox School
    670 feet
  3. Temple Israel of the City of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · landmark
    810 feet
  4. Resurrection Episcopal Day School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,030 feet
  5. The Cathedral School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,150 feet
  6. Buckley School
    1,160 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Fairmont Public space
    910 feet
  2. Public space at 220 East 72nd Street Public space
    1,260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. East 73rd Street Historic District Listed historic place
    790 feet
  2. Houses at 208-218 East 78th Street Listed historic place
    920 feet
  3. East 78th Street Houses Listed historic place
    1,210 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Jean Baptiste RC Church Landmark · listed historic place
    400 feet
  2. Israel Temple Landmark
    810 feet
  3. Church of the Resurrection House of worship
    880 feet
Show all 4
  1. Greek Orthodox Holy Trinity Cathedral House of worship
    1,150 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 44 Fire station
    370 feet

Bank branches

  1. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    70 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    630 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    830 feet

Supermarkets

  1. D'Agostino Supermarket
    730 feet
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    770 feet
  3. Morton Williams Supermarket
    810 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    960 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  3. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 81 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue or East 75th 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.