3rd Avenue & East 93rd Street

The four-way crossing of 3rd Avenue and East 93rd Street is in Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Manhattan corner. In 2025, 66 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. It is 610 feet to 92 St YM-YWHA. The nearest subway, 96 St, is about four minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 28 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 64 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
96 St
930 feet · 4 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
3 Av/E 93 St · M101, M102, M103
Within a walk
28 places
8 public spaces, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & East 93rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 96 St, 930 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 96 St Q
    930 feet
    Q

Next trains at this station

Downtown
1 line
  1. Q …

Also within a walk

  1. 96 St 6
    1,280 feet
    6
  2. 86 St 4, 5, 6
    0.4 miles
    4 5 6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Blueprint for a Landscape” (2017) by Sarah Sze at the 96 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/E 93 St, 110 feet away, for the M101, M102 and M103.

  • 19 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/E 93 St M101, M102, M103
    110 feet
    M101 M102 M103

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.

  • 66 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 6 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 93 St & 2 Ave 73 docks in all
    600 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive northbound at East 96th Street, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1855 1st Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 182 East 95th Street Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    400 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, November 2015

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 66 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,806th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 32 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10128
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 8
City Council district
5
Police precinct
19
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill
Elevation
64 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 8,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 49 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 76 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2018 and July 2024, 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
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 9AM-7PM 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

North side of East 93rd Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-6PM

South side of East 93rd Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 110957, 111488 and 114215.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 62 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec. They were mostly built between 1878 and 1888.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Windward School - NYC School
    310 feet
  2. District 2 Pre-K Center at 1683 Third Avenue Pre-K center
    510 feet
  3. P.S. 198 Isidor E. Ida Straus School
    720 feet
Show all 7
  1. P.S. 77 Lower Lab School
    720 feet
  2. Bright Horizon's at East 92nd Street Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    740 feet
  3. The Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    870 feet
  4. Chabad Israel Center of the Upper East Side Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    940 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Ruppert Park
    980 feet
  2. Samuel Seabury Playground
    1,030 feet
  3. Ruppert Park Playground
    1,040 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at The Easton Public space
    310 feet
  2. Public space at Highgate Public space
    500 feet
  3. James Cagney Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    880 feet
Show all 9
  1. Public space at Normandie Court Public space
    790 feet
  2. Public space at Waterford Public space
    850 feet
  3. Public space at 200 East 90th Street Public space
    940 feet
  4. Public space at Monterey Public space
    1,070 feet
  5. Public space at Marmara Manhattan Public space
    1,100 feet
  6. Public space at Monarch Public space
    1,180 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Houses at 120 and 122 East 92nd Street Listed historic place
    1,060 feet
  2. George F. Baker Jr. and Sr. Residences Listed historic place
    1,190 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. 92 St YM-YWHA Arts or cultural center
    610 feet
  2. Kaufman Concert Hall Theater or concert hall
    620 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Orach Chaim Congregation House of worship
    660 feet
  2. Our Lady of Good Counsel Church House of worship
    1,030 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Yorkville Post Office
    630 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    790 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    830 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Westside Market Supermarket
    740 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    960 feet
  3. Food Universe Supermarket
    1,300 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    540 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 64 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue or East 93rd 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.