5th Avenue & 65th Street Transverse at East 66th Street

The four-way crossing of 5th Avenue, 65th Street Transverse and East 66th Street is in Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill, Manhattan, at the edge of Central Park. It lies on the edge of the Upper East Side Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 34 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Temple Emanuel is 210 feet away. The nearest subway, 5 Av/59 St, is about five minutes on foot, for the N, R and W. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places and 15 places to eat.

Safety record
15 hurt
34 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
5 Av/59 St
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · N, R, W
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
5 Av/E 67 St · M66, M72
Within a walk
20 places
7 park features, 4 religious buildings and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
5th Avenue & 65th Street Transverse at East 66th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 5 Av/59 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 6 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/59 St N, R, W
    0.3 miles
    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. 68 St-Hunter College 6
    0.4 miles
    6
  2. Lexington Av/63 St M, Q
    0.4 miles
    M Q

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 67 St, 170 feet away, for the M66 and M72.

  • 29 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/E 67 St M66, M72 · Countdown sign
    170 feet
    M66 M72
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. M66 …
  2. M72 …

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

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 66 St & Madison Ave 37 docks in all
    460 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at Queensboro Bridge & 2nd Avenue at East 59th Street, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 720 11th Avenue Gas station
    1.8 miles
  2. 200 East 65th Street Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.5 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 34 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 15 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 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, March 2007
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 2026

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10065
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 8
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; the corner is on the edge of the Central Park area
Elevation
60 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,800 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
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2020 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 5th Avenue

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

West side of 5th Avenue

  • No standing 13 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of East 66th Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 5 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of East 66th Street

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 103776 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 194 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Beaux-Arts. They were mostly built between 1878 and 1912.

  1. The Arsenal Designated landmark
    550 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. One Hundred Seventh Infantry Memorial Statue by Karl Morningstar Illava, 1927
    270 feet
  2. Fort Greene Eagles Statue by Adolph Alexander Weinman, 1908
    540 feet
  3. Bird Flying Machine Sculpture by Dolly Hellman Perutz, 1991
    570 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Emanuel Congregation of the City of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · landmark
    190 feet
  2. Fifth Avenue Synagogue Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,030 feet
  3. Dominican Academy School
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    60 feet
  2. Central Park Zoo Zoo or aquarium · landmark
    90 feet
  3. Billy Johnson Playground
    270 feet
Show all 10
  1. Wallach Walk in Central Park Park feature
    310 feet
  2. Delacorte Clock in Central Park Park feature
    430 feet
  3. Dene in Central Park Park feature
    560 feet
  4. Wollman Rink in Central Park Park feature
    940 feet
  5. East Green in Central Park Park feature
    1,040 feet
  6. Cats Rock in Central Park Park feature
    1,120 feet
  7. Wien Walk in Central Park Park feature
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Building at 45 East 66th Street Listed historic place
    630 feet
  2. Sara Delano Roosevelt Memorial House Listed historic place
    970 feet
  3. Frick Collection Museum
    1,190 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Temple Emanuel Landmark
    210 feet
  2. Congregation Edmond J Safra House of worship
    810 feet
  3. 5 Ave Synagogue House of worship
    1,030 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 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 66th 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.