3rd Avenue & East 81st Street

The four-way crossing of 3rd Avenue and East 81st Street is in Upper East Side-Yorkville, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Hungarian Baptist Church is 410 feet away. The nearest subway, 86 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, seven of them religious buildings, and 108 places to eat. Along 3rd Avenue run a bus lane, all day, and a bike lane separated from traffic.

Safety record
4 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
420 feet
3 Av/E 79 St · M98, M101, M102, M103
Within a walk
24 places
7 religious buildings, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & East 81st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 86 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 86 St Q
    0.3 miles
    Q

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. Q …
Downtown
1 line
  1. Q …

Also within a walk

  1. 77 St 6
    0.3 miles
    6
  2. 86 St 4, 5, 6
    0.3 miles
    4 5 6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Subway Portraits” (2017) by Chuck Close at the 86 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/E 79 St, 420 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
    420 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.

  • 83 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
    50 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 mile
  2. 127 East 83rd Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1,240 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2018
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, July 2026

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10028
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-Yorkville
Elevation
66 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 7,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 33 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 70 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2022 and July 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 3 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Friday 8:30am to 7pm, 2 hour passenger vehicles Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on East 81st Street (south side).

East side of 3rd Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • 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 4 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

West side of 3rd Avenue

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 1 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 8AM-NOON EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING NOON-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of East 81st Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 111696, 111767, 111768, 113169 and 114537.

Landmarks and historic districts

Five buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as English Neoclassical, and mostly built between 1902 and 1930.

  1. Clarence Dillion House Designated landmark
    790 feet
  2. George and Martha Whitney House Designated landmark
    820 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

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

Schools and child care

  1. All Souls School Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    540 feet
  2. Emet Classical Academy School
    910 feet
  3. MSH 1538 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    940 feet
Show all 6
  1. All My Children Day Care and Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,090 feet
  2. St. Ignatius Loyola School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,110 feet
  3. P.S. 290 Manhattan New School
    1,270 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Wimbledon Public space
    290 feet
  2. Public space at Kenilworth Public space
    430 feet
  3. Public space at Evans Tower Public space
    950 feet

Health care

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 133 East 80th Street Listed historic place
    730 feet
  2. Yorkville Library Landmark · listed historic place
    970 feet
  3. Sidewalk Clock at 1501 3rd Avenue, Manhattan Listed historic place
    1,000 feet
Show all 6
  1. East 80th Street Houses Listed historic place
    1,070 feet
  2. Houses at 208-218 East 78th Street Listed historic place
    1,120 feet
  3. East 78th Street Houses Listed historic place
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Hungarian Baptist Church House of worship
    410 feet
  2. Unitarian Church All Soul House of worship
    540 feet
  3. Congregation or Zarua House of worship
    860 feet
Show all 4
  1. Temple Shaaray Tefila Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,220 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    570 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,060 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    930 feet
  2. D'Agostino Supermarket
    1,150 feet
  3. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,260 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 108 places to eat and 11 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue or East 81st 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.