3rd Avenue & East 77th Street

The four-way crossing of 3rd Avenue and East 77th Street is in Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Birch Wathen Lenox School is 300 feet away, and Lenox Hill Hospital is 940 feet away. The nearest subway, 77 St, is about two minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 83 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
77 St
450 feet · 2 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
3 Av/E 77 St · M101, M102, M103
Within a walk
22 places
6 religious buildings, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & East 77th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 77 St, 450 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 77 St 6
    450 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
    0.4 miles
    Q
  2. 86 St Q
    0.5 miles
    Q

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 77 St, 110 feet away, for the M101, M102 and M103.

  • 22 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/E 77 St M101, M102, M103 · Shelter · Countdown sign
    110 feet
    M101 M102 M103
    Shelter · Countdown sign

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 and East 77th Street.

  • 94 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 77 St & 3 Ave 46 docks in all
    100 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at FDR Drive & East 78th Street, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1855 1st Avenue Gas station
    1.2 miles
  2. 165 East 77th Street Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    410 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 nine crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2017
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, April 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10075
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 6,100 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 1924 and 1962.

Trees

NYC Parks records 62 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 44 signs on these blocks
  • 14 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 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 parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of 3rd Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-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 77th Street

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

South side of East 77th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 109886, 109887, 111103 and 112625.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are 12 Individual Landmarks, and 49 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1866 and 1882.

  1. The St. Jean Baptiste School Designated landmark
    510 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 schools
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 fire station
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Birch Wathen Lenox School
    300 feet
  2. J.H.S. 167 Robert F. Wagner School
    670 feet
  3. St Jean Baptiste High School
    710 feet
Show all 8
  1. Allen-Stevenson School Landmark
    800 feet
  2. The Buckley School in the City of New York School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    950 feet
  3. All Souls School Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,020 feet
  4. Sam School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,200 feet
  5. Temple Israel of the City of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,200 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Kenilworth Public space
    880 feet

Health care

  1. Upper East Side Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    900 feet
  2. Lenox Hill Hospital
    940 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Houses at 208-218 East 78th Street Listed historic place
    390 feet
  2. East 78th Street Houses Listed historic place
    680 feet
  3. Yorkville Library Landmark · listed historic place
    790 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Jean Baptiste RC Church Landmark · listed historic place
    470 feet
  2. Unitarian Church All Soul House of worship
    1,020 feet
  3. Hungarian Baptist Church House of worship
    1,040 feet
Show all 5
  1. Temple Shaaray Tefila Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,080 feet
  2. Israel Temple House of worship
    1,200 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 44 Fire station
    730 feet

Bank branches

  1. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    600 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    640 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    810 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    560 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles
  3. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 83 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue or East 77th 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.