5th Avenue & East 60th Street

The six-way junction of 5th Avenue and East 60th Street is in Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill, Manhattan, and is also named Doris C. Freedman Plaza by local law. It lies on the edge of the Upper East Side Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Sherman Monument in Central Park is 150 feet away. The nearest subway, 5 Av/59 St, is about a minute on foot, for the N, R and W. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places and 76 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
5 Av/59 St
60 feet · 1 min on foot · N, R, W
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
5 Av/E 60 St · M2, M3
Within a walk
25 places
6 public spaces, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
5th Avenue & East 60th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 5 Av/59 St, 60 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 10 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/59 St N, R, W
    60 feet
    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. Lexington Av/59 St 4, 5, 6, N, R, W
    0.3 miles
    4 5 6 N R W
  2. 57 St M
    0.3 miles
    M

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 60 St, 120 feet away, for the M2 and M3.

  • 68 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/E 60 St M2, M3
    120 feet
    M2 M3

Next buses at this stop

  1. M2 …
  2. M3 …

Live arrivals

A bus lane runs along 5th Avenue, all day, every day.

Cycling

  • 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Central Park S & Grand Army Plaza 85 docks in all
    440 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at Queensboro Bridge & 2nd Avenue at East 59th Street, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 720 11th Avenue Gas station
    1.5 miles
  2. 9 West 57th Street Charging for electric cars, 13 Level 2 chargers
    1,240 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 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.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2014

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10019
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
Elevation
50 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Doris C. Freedman Plaza, a co-naming enacted on May 17, 1982 (Local Law 26 of 1982).

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • Three of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 24 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American elm.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Doris C. Freedman Plaza.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 40 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2023 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 5th Avenue

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY

West side of 5th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 9 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of East 60th Street

  • Metered parking 4 signs 5 HOUR METERED PARKING 7PM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM OTHER TIMES HOTEL LOADING ZONE

South side of East 60th Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 3 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 3 signs 5 HOUR METERED PARKING 7PM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 104833 and 105735.

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 are three Individual Landmarks, and 58 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec. They were mostly built between 1876 and 1917.

  1. The Metropolitan Club Designated landmark
    220 feet
  2. The Harmonie Club Designated landmark
    240 feet
  3. The Pierre Hotel Designated landmark
    290 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. William Tecumseh Sherman Statue by Augustus Saint-Gaudens, 1903
    150 feet
  2. Thomas Moore Bust by Dennis B. Sheahan, 1879
    420 feet
  3. Pulitzer Fountain Fountain by Karl Bitter and Karl Gruppe, 1916
    430 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

  • 6 public spaces
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 park features
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. French Institute Alliance Francaise Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    600 feet
  2. Fifth Avenue Synagogue Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    640 feet
  3. Christ Church, Methodist Episcopal, of New York City Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    810 feet
Show all 4
  1. Children's All Day School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    60 feet
  2. Sherman Monument in Central Park Park feature
    150 feet
  3. Grand Army Plaza
    300 feet
Show all 7
  1. Wien Walk in Central Park Park feature
    350 feet
  2. Central Park Zoo Zoo or aquarium
    850 feet
  3. Wollman Rink in Central Park Park feature
    880 feet
  4. Delacorte Clock in Central Park Park feature
    1,270 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at General Motors Building Public space
    700 feet
  2. Public space at Solow Public space
    940 feet
  3. Public space at Park Lane Hotel Public space
    1,050 feet
Show all 6
  1. Public space at Trump Tower Public space
    1,130 feet
  2. Public space at 500 Park Tower Public space
    1,230 feet
  3. Public space at 712 Fifth Avenue Public space
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Sidewalk Clock at 783 5th Avenue, Manhattan Listed historic place
    210 feet
  2. Plaza Hotel and Grand Army Plaza Listed historic place
    760 feet
  3. The Grolier Club of New York Research library
    890 feet
Show all 4
  1. Coty Building Listed historic place
    1,220 feet

Houses of worship

  1. 5 Ave Synagogue House of worship
    640 feet
  2. Christ Church Methodist House of worship
    910 feet
  3. Congregation Edmond J Safra House of worship
    960 feet
Show all 4
  1. 5 Ave Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,290 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,030 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 76 places to eat and one food store.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 5th Avenue, Central Park Entrance East 60th Street or East 60th 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.