5th Avenue & East 107th Street

The three-way junction of 5th Avenue and East 107th Street is in East Harlem (South), Manhattan, at the edge of Central Park. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Fort Clinton in Central Park is 440 feet away, and the artillery “McGown's Pass Cannons” is 440 feet away. The nearest subway, 110 St-Malcolm X Plaza, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 2 and 3. Within a five-minute walk are 31 public places, seven of them park features, and ten places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
110 St-Malcolm X Plaza
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
240 feet
5 Av/E 108 St · M1, M2, M3, M4
Within a walk
31 places
7 park features, 6 schools and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
5th Avenue & East 107th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 110 St-Malcolm X Plaza, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 110 St-Malcolm X Plaza 2, 3
    0.4 miles
    2 3

Next trains at this station

Uptown
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
Downtown
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. 110 St 6
    0.4 miles
    6
  2. 103 St 6
    0.5 miles
    6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Message from Malcolm” (1998) by Maren Hassinger at the 110 St-Malcolm X Plaza station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 5 Av/E 108 St, 240 feet away, for the M1, M2, M3 and M4.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/E 108 St M1, M2, M3, M4
    240 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 10am on weekdays.

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 106 St & Madison Ave 25 docks in all
    850 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 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 9 (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
16 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 19 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2017 and October 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 5th Avenue

  • Ambulettes only 2 signs AMBULETTE ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of East 107th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of East 107th Street

  • Ambulettes only 1 sign AMBULETTE ONLY 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Four buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission.

Monuments and public art

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

  1. McGown's Pass Cannons Artillery, 1906
    440 feet
  2. Vanderbilt Gates Ornamental gates, 1939
    630 feet
  3. Duke Ellington Memorial Statue by Robert Graham, 1997
    790 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 public places.

  • 7 park features
  • 6 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 museums
  • 10 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Central Park East High School
    820 feet
  2. Central Park East I School
    820 feet
  3. East Harlem Scholars Academy Charter School II School
    820 feet
Show all 9
  1. Union Settlement Association Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    910 feet
  2. P.S. 108 Assemblyman Angelo del Toro Educational Complex School
    1,050 feet
  3. Reece School
    1,050 feet
  4. Rise Up Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,150 feet
  5. Sunshine Daycare of East Harlem Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,190 feet
  6. P.S. 171 Patrick Henry School
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    70 feet
  2. Bernard Family Playground
    200 feet
  3. Conservatory Garden in Central Park Park feature
    300 feet
Show all 12
  1. Fort Clinton in Central Park Park feature
    440 feet
  2. Untermyer Fountain in Central Park Park feature
    450 feet
  3. McGowans Pass in Central Park Park feature
    590 feet
  4. Harlem Meer in Central Park Park feature
    880 feet
  5. Burnett Memorial Fountain in Central Park Park feature
    910 feet
  6. Peter Minuit Playground
    1,030 feet
  7. Mae Grant Playground
    1,090 feet
  8. Charles A Dana Discovery Center in Central Park Park feature
    1,120 feet
  9. Pa'lante Community Garden
    1,300 feet

Health care

  1. Terence Cardinal Cooke Health Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    560 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. El Museo del Barrio Museum
    630 feet
  2. Puerto Rican Cultural Heritage Library Research library
    760 feet
  3. Duke Ellington Statue Monument or memorial
    800 feet
Show all 5
  1. Museum of the City of New York Museum
    1,060 feet
  2. New York Academy of Medicine Research library
    1,240 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bethel Christian Temple House of worship
    950 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Lehman Community Center
    730 feet
  2. Older adult center at 1641 Madison Avenue Older adult center
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and 14 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 5th Avenue or East 107th 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.