5th Avenue & East 102nd Street

The five-way junction of 5th Avenue and East 102nd Street is in East Harlem (South), Manhattan, and is also named Eva De La O Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Central Park is 60 feet away, and Terence Cardinal Cooke Health Care Center is 970 feet away. The nearest subway, 103 St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, six of them park features, and five places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
103 St
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
90 feet
5 Av/E 102 St · M1, M2, M3, M4 +1
Within a walk
23 places
6 park features, 3 research libraries and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
5th Avenue & East 102nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 103 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. 103 St 6
    0.3 miles
    6

Next trains at this station

The Bronx
1 line
  1. 6 …
Downtown
1 line
  1. 6 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Neo-Boriken” (1990) by Nitza Tufiño at the 103 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 5 Av/E 102 St, 90 feet away, for the M1, M2, M3, M4 and M106.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/E 102 St M1, M2, M3, M4 +1
    90 feet
    M1 M2 M3 M4 M106

Next buses at this stop

  1. M1 …
  2. M2 …
  3. M3 …
  4. M4 …
  5. M106 …

Live arrivals

A lane DOT records as a shared lane, not a bus-only lane, runs along 5th Avenue, 7am to 10am on weekdays.

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Central Park Entrance East 102nd Street.

  • 42 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 5 Ave & E 103 St 39 docks in all
    260 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive northbound at East 96th Street, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 1599 Lexington Avenue Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. 1425 Madison Avenue Charging for electric cars, 32 Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2019

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10029
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 11
City Council district
6 and 8 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
22 and 23 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Harlem (South)
Elevation
47 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Eva De La O Way, a co-naming enacted on March 19, 2023 (Local Law 44 of 2023).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1926 and 1963.

Trees

NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American elm.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Eva De La O Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 59 signs on these blocks
  • 15 different rules
  • 7 active meters
  • 5 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2023 and October 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 5th Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of 5th Avenue

  • Metered parking 8 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-10PM SATURDAY 9AM-10PM
  • Metered parking 8 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-7PM SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 19 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

North side of East 102nd Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Ambulettes only 1 sign AMBULETTE ONLY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 102nd Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 109735, 109902, 110689, 113908 and 114109.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and three buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1928 and 1930.

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Central Park.

  1. Vanderbilt Gates Ornamental gates, 1939
    720 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

  • 6 park features
  • 3 research libraries
  • 2 museums
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Mt Sinai School of Medicine College
    660 feet
  2. P.S. 171 Patrick Henry School
    670 feet
  3. Reece School
    920 feet
Show all 4
  1. St. Bernard's Kindergarten School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. East Meadow in Central Park Park feature
    30 feet
  2. Central Park Listed historic place
    60 feet
  3. Conservatory Garden in Central Park Park feature
    580 feet
Show all 9
  1. Burnett Memorial Fountain in Central Park Park feature
    580 feet
  2. Robert Bendheim Playground
    600 feet
  3. North Meadow in Central Park Park feature
    710 feet
  4. Untermyer Fountain in Central Park Park feature
    990 feet
  5. Mae Grant Playground
    1,190 feet
  6. Loch Ravine in Central Park Park feature
    1,270 feet

Health care

  1. Mount Sinai Hospital
    660 feet
  2. Terence Cardinal Cooke Health Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    970 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. New York Academy of Medicine Research library
    320 feet
  2. Medical Library Ctr of New York Research library
    320 feet
  3. Museum of the City of New York Museum · landmark
    420 feet
Show all 5
  1. El Museo del Barrio Museum
    750 feet
  2. Puerto Rican Cultural Heritage Library Research library
    810 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 55 East 102nd Street Older adult center
    840 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 5th Avenue, Central Park Entrance East 102nd Street or East 102nd 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 Records, NYCHA, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.