3rd Avenue & East 76th Street

The four-way crossing of 3rd Avenue and East 76th Street is in Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. J.H.S. 167 Robert F. Wagner is 410 feet away. The nearest subway, 77 St, is about three 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 85 places to eat.

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

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & East 76th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 77 St, 720 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 77 St 6
    720 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
    0.5 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, 200 feet away, for the M101, M102 and M103.

  • 18 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/E 75 St M101, M102, M103
    200 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.

  • 98 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. E 77 St & 3 Ave 46 docks in all
    370 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
    680 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.9 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.

  • 3 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2023
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

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 6,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2018 and August 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

West 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 8AM-7PM 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
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of East 76th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 111105, 114211, 114227 and 114624.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are 20 Individual Landmarks, and 61 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1869 and 1904.

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

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

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

Schools and child care

  1. Birch Wathen Lenox School
    410 feet
  2. J.H.S. 167 Robert F. Wagner School
    410 feet
  3. St Jean Baptiste High School
    440 feet
Show all 10
  1. The Buckley School in the City of New York School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    690 feet
  2. Sam School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    940 feet
  3. Temple Israel of the City of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    940 feet
  4. Allen-Stevenson School Landmark
    1,060 feet
  5. District 2 Pre-K Center at 355 East 76 Street Pre-K center
    1,230 feet
  6. All Souls School Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,280 feet
  7. Resurrection Episcopal Day School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,300 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Kenilworth Public space
    1,140 feet
  2. Public space at Fairmont Public space
    1,170 feet

Health care

  1. Upper East Side Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,160 feet
  2. Lenox Hill Hospital
    1,200 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Houses at 208-218 East 78th Street Listed historic place
    660 feet
  2. East 78th Street Houses Listed historic place
    940 feet
  3. Yorkville Library Landmark · listed historic place
    1,050 feet
Show all 4
  1. East 73rd Street Historic District Listed historic place
    1,050 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Jean Baptiste RC Church Landmark · listed historic place
    350 feet
  2. Israel Temple House of worship
    940 feet
  3. Church of the Resurrection House of worship
    1,140 feet
Show all 5
  1. Unitarian Church All Soul House of worship
    1,280 feet
  2. Hungarian Baptist Church House of worship
    1,300 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 44 Fire station
    470 feet

Bank branches

  1. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    330 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    670 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    880 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    510 feet
  2. D'Agostino Supermarket
    610 feet
  3. Morton Williams Supermarket
    1,080 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    700 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 85 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 76th 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.