3rd Avenue & East 82nd Street

The four-way crossing of 3rd Avenue and East 82nd Street is in Upper East Side-Yorkville, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. In 2025, 55 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Emet Classical Academy is 640 feet away. The nearest subway, 86 St, is about four minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 131 places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
1,070 feet · 4 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
3 Av/E 82 St · M101, M102, M103
Within a walk
25 places
7 religious buildings, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & East 82nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 86 St, 1,070 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 86 St Q
    1,070 feet
    Q

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 86 St 4, 5, 6
    0.3 miles
    4 5 6
  2. 77 St 6
    0.3 miles
    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 82 St, 170 feet away, for the M101, M102 and M103.

  • 23 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/E 82 St M101, M102, M103 · Countdown sign
    170 feet
    M101 M102 M103
    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.

  • 78 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 5 of them on-street corrals
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 3 Ave & E 82 St 43 docks in all
    260 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
    970 feet

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.

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2018

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 55 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,821st most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 17 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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
73 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 7,600 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 62 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2019 and May 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 3rd Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

West side of 3rd Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of East 82nd Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of East 82nd Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 113169 and 114551.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, the Landmarks Preservation Commission has designated one street clock.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Emet Classical Academy School
    640 feet
  2. All Souls School Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    800 feet
  3. All My Children Day Care and Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    820 feet
Show all 7
  1. St. Ignatius Loyola School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    840 feet
  2. P.S. 290 Manhattan New School
    1,000 feet
  3. Primrose of Manhattan at East 82nd Street Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,100 feet
  4. MSH 1538 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,210 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Wimbledon Public space
    140 feet
  2. Public space at Evans Tower Public space
    690 feet
  3. Public space at Kenilworth Public space
    700 feet
Show all 5
  1. Public space at Park Lane Towers Public space
    1,090 feet
  2. Public space at Camargue Public space
    1,120 feet

Health care

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Sidewalk Clock at 1501 3rd Avenue, Manhattan Listed historic place
    730 feet
  2. 133 East 80th Street Listed historic place
    1,000 feet
  3. Yorkville Library Listed historic place
    1,240 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Congregation or Zarua House of worship
    640 feet
  2. Hungarian Baptist Church House of worship
    680 feet
  3. Unitarian Church All Soul House of worship
    800 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Gracie Post Office
    1,300 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 10/Engine 22/Ladder 13 Fire station
    1,150 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    800 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    830 feet
  3. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,100 feet

Supermarkets

  1. D'Agostino Supermarket
    880 feet
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    1,190 feet
  3. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    990 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 131 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue or East 82nd Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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.