3rd Avenue & East 78th Street

The four-way crossing of 3rd Avenue and East 78th Street is in Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Upper East Side Rehabilitation and Nursing Center is 640 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 23 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 92 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
77 St
720 feet · 3 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
3 Av/E 78 St · BxM1
Within a walk
23 places
6 religious buildings, 4 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & East 78th 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. 86 St Q
    0.4 miles
    Q
  2. 72 St Q
    0.4 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 78 St, 60 feet away, for the BxM1.

  • 23 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/E 78 St BxM1
    60 feet
    BxM1

Next buses at this stop

  1. BxM1 …

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 78th Street.

  • 88 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 77 St & 3 Ave 46 docks in all
    350 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. 305 East 80th Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    3 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.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2018

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
52 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 6,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 75 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2018 and February 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 3rd Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 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 2 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of 3rd Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-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 78th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 78th Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 109887, 112625, 113345 and 114235.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are 12 Individual Landmarks, and 37 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1861 and 1880.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Birch Wathen Lenox School
    570 feet
  2. Allen-Stevenson School Landmark
    640 feet
  3. All Souls School Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    750 feet
Show all 6
  1. J.H.S. 167 Robert F. Wagner School
    940 feet
  2. St Jean Baptiste High School Landmark
    970 feet
  3. The Buckley School in the City of New York School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,220 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Kenilworth Public space
    610 feet
  2. Public space at Wimbledon Public space
    1,120 feet
  3. Public space at Continental Towers Public space
    1,190 feet

Health care

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Houses at 208-218 East 78th Street Listed historic place
    280 feet
  2. East 78th Street Houses Listed historic place
    410 feet
  3. Yorkville Library Landmark · listed historic place
    520 feet
Show all 4
  1. 133 East 80th Street Listed historic place
    1,180 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Jean Baptiste RC Church Landmark · listed historic place
    730 feet
  2. Unitarian Church All Soul House of worship
    750 feet
  3. Hungarian Baptist Church House of worship
    770 feet
Show all 5
  1. Temple Shaaray Tefila Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    810 feet
  2. Yorkville Synagogue Congregation Bnai Jehuda House of worship
    1,310 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 44 Fire station
    1,000 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    380 feet
  2. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    860 feet
  3. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    960 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    90 feet
  2. D'Agostino Supermarket
    1,140 feet
  3. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    820 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 92 places to eat and nine food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue or East 78th 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.