5th Avenue & East 63rd Street

The four-way crossing of 5th Avenue and East 63rd Street is in Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill, Manhattan. It lies on the edge of the Upper East Side Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Central Park Zoo is 190 feet away, and the bird bath “Martin Birdbath” is 210 feet away. The nearest subway, 5 Av/59 St, is about two minutes on foot, for the N, R and W. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places and 35 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
5 Av/59 St
640 feet · 2 min on foot · N, R, W
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
5 Av/E 63 St · M1, M2, M3, M4
Within a walk
19 places
6 religious buildings, 4 park features and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
5th Avenue & East 63rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 5 Av/59 St, 640 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 8 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/59 St N, R, W
    640 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/63 St M, Q
    0.3 miles
    M Q
  2. Lexington Av/59 St 4, 5, 6, N, R, W
    0.4 miles
    4 5 6 N R W

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 63 St, 40 feet away, for the M1, M2, M3 and M4.

  • 62 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/E 63 St M1, M2, M3, M4
    40 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 7pm on weekdays.

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 5 Ave & E 63 St 51 docks in all
    180 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at Queensboro Bridge & 2nd Avenue at East 59th Street, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 720 11th Avenue Gas station
    1.6 miles
  2. 35-39 East 61st Street Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported six crashes at this corner, fewer 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 September 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2019

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10065
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
54 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 66 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American elm.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 20 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2019 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 5th Avenue

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 6 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY CONSUL & DIPLOMAT LICENSE PLATES 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY DELIVERY DECAL REQUIRED
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of East 63rd Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of East 63rd Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 4 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 105731 and 106229.

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 is one Individual Landmark, and 177 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec. They were mostly built between 1877 and 1914.

  1. The Arsenal Designated landmark
    320 feet
  2. The Knickerbocker Club Designated landmark
    350 feet
  3. The Pierre Hotel Designated landmark
    650 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. Martin Birdbath Bird bath by Oronzio Maldarelli, 1942
    210 feet
  2. African Antelopes Bas-relief by Frederick George Richard Roth, 1935
    260 feet
  3. Dancing Goat Statue by Frederick George Richard Roth, 1937
    280 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 4 park features
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Fifth Avenue Synagogue Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · landmark
    300 feet
  2. Garden House School of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    640 feet
  3. Emanuel Congregation of the City of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    970 feet
Show all 4
  1. Browning School
    1,130 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    70 feet
  2. Central Park Zoo Zoo or aquarium · landmark
    190 feet
  3. Wien Walk in Central Park Park feature
    470 feet
Show all 8
  1. Delacorte Clock in Central Park Park feature
    490 feet
  2. Sherman Monument in Central Park Park feature
    900 feet
  3. Wallach Walk in Central Park Park feature
    1,000 feet
  4. Billy Johnson Playground
    1,050 feet
  5. Grand Army Plaza
    1,080 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Sidewalk Clock at 783 5th Avenue, Manhattan Listed historic place
    990 feet

Houses of worship

  1. 5 Ave Synagogue Landmark
    300 feet
  2. Congregation Edmond J Safra House of worship
    310 feet
  3. Temple Emanuel Landmark
    630 feet
Show all 5
  1. Third Church of Christ Scientist House of worship
    1,140 feet
  2. Central Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 35 places to eat and one food store.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 5th Avenue or East 63rd 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.