5th Avenue & East 108th Street

The three-way junction of 5th Avenue and East 108th Street is in East Harlem (South), Manhattan, at the edge of Central Park. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Bernard Family Playground is 60 feet away, and Terence Cardinal Cooke Health Care Center is 820 feet away. The nearest subway, 110 St-Malcolm X Plaza, is about six minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 34 public places, seven of them park features, and seven places to eat.

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

Map

Layers
5th Avenue & East 108th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 110 St-Malcolm X Plaza, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 110 St-Malcolm X Plaza 2, 3
    0.3 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

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, 50 feet away, for the M1, M2, M3 and M4.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/E 108 St M1, M2, M3, M4
    50 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

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 111 St & 5 Ave 24 docks in all
    820 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
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, April 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 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 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 7 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 17 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2018 and January 2023, 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 108th Street

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

South side of East 108th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

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

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in Duke Ellington Circle.

  1. Duke Ellington Memorial Statue by Robert Graham, 1997
    530 feet
  2. McGown's Pass Cannons Artillery, 1906
    560 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 34 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 108 Assemblyman Angelo del Toro Educational Complex School
    790 feet
  2. Rise Up Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    880 feet
  3. Sunshine Daycare of East Harlem Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    920 feet
Show all 11
  1. Harlem Academy School
    1,050 feet
  2. East Calvary Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,080 feet
  3. Central Park East High School
    1,080 feet
  4. Central Park East I School
    1,080 feet
  5. East Harlem Scholars Academy Charter School II School
    1,080 feet
  6. East Harlem Council for Human Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,100 feet
  7. Union Settlement Association Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,170 feet
  8. Northside Ctr-Child Development Day School
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    50 feet
  2. Bernard Family Playground
    60 feet
  3. Fort Clinton in Central Park Park feature
    560 feet
Show all 14
  1. Conservatory Garden in Central Park Park feature
    560 feet
  2. Harlem Meer in Central Park Park feature
    620 feet
  3. Untermyer Fountain in Central Park Park feature
    710 feet
  4. Peter Minuit Playground
    770 feet
  5. McGowans Pass in Central Park Park feature
    850 feet
  6. Charles A Dana Discovery Center in Central Park Park feature
    850 feet
  7. Pa'lante Community Garden
    1,040 feet
  8. East 110th Street Playground
    1,140 feet
  9. Pueblo Unido Garden
    1,160 feet
  10. Burnett Memorial Fountain in Central Park Park feature
    1,170 feet
  11. Diversity Edible Farm Garden
    1,310 feet

Health care

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Duke Ellington Statue Monument or memorial
    530 feet
  2. El Museo del Barrio Museum
    900 feet
  3. Puerto Rican Cultural Heritage Library Research library
    1,020 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bethel Christian Temple House of worship
    680 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Lehman Community Center
    750 feet
  2. Older adult center at 1641 Madison Avenue Older adult center
    990 feet
  3. Older adult center at Lehman Village Older adult center
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,200 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and 12 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 5th Avenue or East 108th 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.