5th Avenue & East 104th Street

The four-way crossing of 5th Avenue and East 104th Street is in East Harlem (South), Manhattan, at the edge of Central Park. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Conservatory Garden in Central Park is 130 feet away, and Burnett Memorial Fountain in Central Park is 210 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 six places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
103 St
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
5 Av/E 104 St · M1, M2, M3, M4 +1
Within a walk
23 places
6 park features, 3 playgrounds and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
5th Avenue & East 104th 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 104 St, 30 feet away, for the M1, M2, M3, M4 and M106.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/E 104 St M1, M2, M3, M4 +1
    30 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

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, July 2023
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

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); the corner is on the edge of the Central Park area
Elevation
33 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two 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 47 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
  • 8 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and August 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Friday 10am to 7pm, 2 hour passenger vehicles Saturday 9am to 7pm on 5th Avenue (west side).

East side of 5th 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 parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

North side of East 104th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of East 104th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 109045 and 111690.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and four 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
    200 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 playgrounds
  • 3 research libraries
  • 2 museums
  • 2 schools
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Reece School
    390 feet
  2. P.S. 171 Patrick Henry School
    400 feet
  3. Union Settlement Association Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    930 feet
Show all 4
  1. Mt Sinai School of Medicine College
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    80 feet
  2. Conservatory Garden in Central Park Park feature
    130 feet
  3. Burnett Memorial Fountain in Central Park Park feature
    210 feet
Show all 11
  1. Untermyer Fountain in Central Park Park feature
    470 feet
  2. East Meadow in Central Park Park feature
    550 feet
  3. Mae Grant Playground
    680 feet
  4. Fort Clinton in Central Park Park feature
    890 feet
  5. Bernard Family Playground
    1,030 feet
  6. Robert Bendheim Playground
    1,120 feet
  7. North Meadow in Central Park Park feature
    1,230 feet
  8. 103rd Street Community Garden
    1,250 feet

Health care

  1. Terence Cardinal Cooke Health Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    450 feet
  2. Mount Sinai Hospital
    1,180 feet

Libraries, museums and history

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

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 5th Avenue or East 104th 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, NYCHA, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.