5th Avenue & 65th Street Transverse at East 65th Street

The six-way junction of 5th Avenue, 65th Street Transverse and East 65th Street is in Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill, Manhattan. It lies on the edge of the Upper East Side Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Central Park Zoo is 90 feet away, and Delacorte Clock in Central Park is 260 feet away. The nearest subway, 5 Av/59 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the N, R and W. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places and 20 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
5 Av/59 St
1,160 feet · 4 min on foot · N, R, W
Nearest bus stop
80 feet
5 Av/E 66 St · M1, M2, M3, M4
Within a walk
20 places
8 park features, 4 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
5th Avenue & 65th Street Transverse at East 65th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 5 Av/59 St, 1,160 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 6 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/59 St N, R, W
    1,160 feet
    N R W

Next trains at this station

Queens
3 lines
  1. N …
  2. R …
  3. W …
Downtown
3 lines
  1. N …
  2. R …
  3. W …

Also within a walk

  1. Lexington Av/63 St M, Q
    0.4 miles
    M Q
  2. 68 St-Hunter College 6
    0.4 miles
    6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Urban Oasis” (1997) by Ann Schaumburger at the 5 Av/59 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 5 Av/E 66 St, 80 feet away, for the M1, M2, M3 and M4.

  • 46 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/E 66 St M1, M2, M3, M4
    80 feet
    M1 M2 M3 M4

Next buses at this stop

  1. M1 …
  2. M2 …
  3. M3 …
  4. M4 …

Live arrivals

A lane DOT records as a shared lane, not a bus-only lane, runs along 5th Avenue, 7am to 7pm on weekdays.

Cycling

  • 9 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 5 Ave & E 63 St 51 docks in all
    700 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at Queensboro Bridge & 2nd Avenue at East 59th Street, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 720 11th Avenue Gas station
    1.7 miles
  2. 200 East 65th Street Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2007
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, November 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10065
City Council district
4 and 6 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
19 and 22 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill
Elevation
56 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American elm.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2020 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 5th Avenue

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 5 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY CONSUL & DIPLOMAT LICENSE PLATES 7AM-4PM ALL DAYS DELIVERY DECAL REQUIRED
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

West side of 5th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 9 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of East 65th Street

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 65th Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY CONSUL-C DIPLOMAT-A & D LICENSE PLATES D/S DECALS ONLY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 104213 and 104389.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Upper East Side Historic District.

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 205 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Beaux-Arts. They were mostly built between 1877 and 1914.

  1. The Arsenal Designated landmark
    320 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists three works near this corner, the nearest in Central Park.

  1. Fort Greene Eagles Statue by Adolph Alexander Weinman, 1908
    310 feet
  2. Bird Flying Machine Sculpture by Dolly Hellman Perutz, 1991
    330 feet
  3. Cactus Couple Sculpture by Thea Tewi, 1990
    340 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 park features
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 park
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Emanuel Congregation of the City of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · landmark
    450 feet
  2. Fifth Avenue Synagogue Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · landmark
    770 feet
  3. Garden House School of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    60 feet
  2. Central Park Zoo Zoo or aquarium · landmark
    90 feet
  3. Delacorte Clock in Central Park Park feature
    260 feet
Show all 11
  1. Wallach Walk in Central Park Park feature
    480 feet
  2. Billy Johnson Playground
    530 feet
  3. Dene in Central Park Park feature
    820 feet
  4. Wollman Rink in Central Park Park feature
    880 feet
  5. Wien Walk in Central Park Park feature
    990 feet
  6. Cats Rock in Central Park Park feature
    1,060 feet
  7. Literary Walk in Central Park Park feature
    1,300 feet
  8. East Green in Central Park Park feature
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Sara Delano Roosevelt Memorial House Listed historic place
    880 feet
  2. Building at 45 East 66th Street Listed historic place
    890 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Temple Emanuel Landmark
    150 feet
  2. Congregation Edmond J Safra House of worship
    550 feet
  3. 5 Ave Synagogue Landmark
    770 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 5th Avenue, 65th Street Transverse or East 65th 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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.