3rd Avenue & East 94th Street

The four-way crossing of 3rd Avenue and East 94th Street is in Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. P.S. 77 Lower Lab School is 450 feet away. The nearest subway, 96 St, is about three minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 34 public places, six of them day care or pre-K sites, and 41 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
96 St
740 feet · 3 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
3 Av/E 93 St · M101, M102, M103
Within a walk
34 places
8 public spaces, 6 day care or pre-K sites and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & East 94th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 96 St, 740 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

Downtown
1 line
  1. Q …

Also within a walk

  1. 96 St 6
    1,020 feet
    6
  2. 86 St 4, 5, 6
    0.5 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, 170 feet away, for the M101, M102 and M103.

  • 22 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/E 93 St M101, M102, M103
    170 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.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 95 St & 3 Ave 31 docks in all
    520 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive northbound at East 96th Street, 0.4 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
    140 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 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 June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2018

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
57 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 8,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 21 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 79 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

East side of 3rd Avenue

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 1 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM 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
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of East 94th Street

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

South side of East 94th Street

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 111488, 114215 and 114577.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 58 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec. They were mostly built between 1878 and 1890.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 34 public places.

  • 8 public spaces
  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 6 schools
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 community centers
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. District 2 Pre-K Center at 1683 Third Avenue Pre-K center
    250 feet
  2. P.S. 198 Isidor E. Ida Straus School
    450 feet
  3. P.S. 77 Lower Lab School
    450 feet
Show all 12
  1. Windward School - NYC School
    570 feet
  2. Bright Horizon's at East 92nd Street Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,010 feet
  3. Islamic Cultural Center School
    1,060 feet
  4. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,060 feet
  5. The Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,140 feet
  6. Trevor Day School
    1,190 feet
  7. Chabad Israel Center of the Upper East Side Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,200 feet
  8. Hunter College Campus Schools School
    1,260 feet
  9. Vivvi 12 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Samuel Seabury Playground
    760 feet
  2. Ruppert Park
    1,240 feet
  3. Ruppert Park Playground
    1,310 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Highgate Public space
    240 feet
  2. Public space at Normandie Court Public space
    530 feet
  3. James Cagney Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,140 feet
Show all 9
  1. Public space at The Easton Public space
    570 feet
  2. Public space at Monterey Public space
    800 feet
  3. Public space at Marmara Manhattan Public space
    840 feet
  4. Public space at Waterford Public space
    1,110 feet
  5. Public space at 200 East 90th Street Public space
    1,210 feet
  6. Public space at 1850 Second Avenue Public space
    1,260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 96th Street Library
    1,190 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

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

Houses of worship

  1. Orach Chaim Congregation House of worship
    470 feet
  2. St Francis de Sales RC Church House of worship
    1,170 feet
  3. Our Lady of Good Counsel Church House of worship
    1,290 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Yorkville Post Office
    900 feet
  2. Community center at Washington Community center
    1,060 feet
  3. Community center at Lexington Community center
    1,290 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    530 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,100 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Westside Market Supermarket
    1,000 feet
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    1,040 feet
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    1,220 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    800 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 41 places to eat and 15 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue or East 94th 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.