3rd Avenue & East 80th Street

The four-way crossing of 3rd Avenue and East 80th Street is in Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Upper East Side Rehabilitation and Nursing Center is 250 feet away, and George and Martha Whitney House stands 750 feet away. The nearest subway, 77 St, is about five minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 103 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
77 St
1,290 feet · 5 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
3 Av/E 79 St · M98, M101, M102, M103
Within a walk
24 places
6 religious buildings, 5 listed historic places and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & East 80th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 77 St, 1,290 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 77 St 6
    1,290 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
    0.3 miles
    Q
  2. 86 St 4, 5, 6
    0.4 miles
    4 5 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 79 St, 160 feet away, for the M98, M101, M102 and M103.

  • 24 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/E 79 St M98, M101, M102, M103
    160 feet
    M98 M101 M102 M103

Next buses at this stop

  1. M98 …
  2. M101 …
  3. M102 …
  4. 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.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 3 Ave & E 82 St 43 docks in all
    320 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
    1.1 miles
  2. 305 East 80th Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    950 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, December 2016
  • 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
60 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.

Trees

NYC Parks records 65 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2023 and February 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on East 80th Street (south side).

East side of 3rd Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-7PM
  • Ambulettes only 1 sign AMBULETTE ONLY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM 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 80th Street

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 111696, 111766, 113055 and 114789.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are 15 Individual Landmarks, and 19 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1861 and 1888.

  1. Clarence Dillion House Designated landmark
    720 feet
  2. George and Martha Whitney House Designated landmark
    750 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. All Souls School Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    420 feet
  2. MSH 1538 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    750 feet
  3. Birch Wathen Lenox School
    1,140 feet
Show all 5
  1. Emet Classical Academy School
    1,170 feet
  2. Allen-Stevenson School
    1,200 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Kenilworth Public space
    170 feet
  2. Public space at Wimbledon Public space
    550 feet
  3. Public space at Continental Towers Public space
    1,070 feet
Show all 5
  1. Public space at Evans Tower Public space
    1,220 feet
  2. Public space at Park 900 Public space
    1,300 feet

Health care

  1. Upper East Side Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 133 East 80th Street Listed historic place
    620 feet
  2. Yorkville Library Landmark · listed historic place
    710 feet
  3. East 80th Street Houses Listed historic place
    810 feet
Show all 6
  1. Houses at 208-218 East 78th Street Listed historic place
    850 feet
  2. East 78th Street Houses Listed historic place
    980 feet
  3. Sidewalk Clock at 1501 3rd Avenue, Manhattan Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Hungarian Baptist Church House of worship
    360 feet
  2. Unitarian Church All Soul House of worship
    420 feet
  3. Temple Shaaray Tefila Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    950 feet
Show all 5
  1. Congregation or Zarua House of worship
    1,130 feet
  2. St Jean Baptiste RC Church Listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    300 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,110 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  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 103 places to eat and ten food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue or East 80th 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.