5th Avenue & East 67th Street

The four-way crossing of 5th Avenue and East 67th 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, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Central Park is 60 feet away, and Dene in Central Park is 430 feet away. The nearest subway, 5 Av/59 St, is about six minutes on foot, for the N, R and W. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, five of them park features, and 18 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
5 Av/59 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · N, R, W
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
5 Av/E 67 St · M66, M72
Within a walk
21 places
5 park features, 4 religious buildings and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
5th Avenue & East 67th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 5 Av/59 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

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

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 67 St, 120 feet away, for the M66 and M72.

  • 23 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/E 67 St M66, M72 · Countdown sign
    120 feet
    M66 M72
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. M66 …
  2. M72 …

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

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 66 St & Madison Ave 37 docks in all
    730 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at Queensboro Bridge & 2nd Avenue at East 59th Street, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 720 11th Avenue Gas station
    1.8 miles
  2. 200 East 65th Street Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 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

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2019
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2025

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
64 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1913 and 1949.

Trees

NYC Parks records 72 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American elm.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 15 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2018 and July 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 5th Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of East 67th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of East 67th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 103778.

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 172 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Beaux-Arts. They were mostly built between 1879 and 1918.

  1. Hotel Westbury Designated landmark
    780 feet
  2. The Arsenal Designated landmark
    800 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. One Hundred Seventh Infantry Memorial Statue by Karl Morningstar Illava, 1927
    60 feet
  2. Balto Statue by Frederick George Richard Roth, 1925
    520 feet
  3. Fort Greene Eagles Statue by Adolph Alexander Weinman, 1908
    790 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 5 park features
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 arts or cultural centers
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Emanuel Congregation of the City of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · landmark
    450 feet
  2. Dominican Academy School
    970 feet
  3. Fifth Avenue Synagogue Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    60 feet
  2. Billy Johnson Playground
    70 feet
  3. Central Park Zoo Zoo or aquarium · landmark
    310 feet
Show all 9
  1. Wallach Walk in Central Park Park feature
    310 feet
  2. Dene in Central Park Park feature
    430 feet
  3. Delacorte Clock in Central Park Park feature
    690 feet
  4. East Green in Central Park Park feature
    780 feet
  5. East 72nd Street Playground
    1,130 feet
  6. Wollman Rink in Central Park Park feature
    1,200 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Building at 45 East 66th Street Listed historic place
    770 feet
  2. Frick Collection Museum
    930 feet
  3. Sara Delano Roosevelt Memorial House Listed historic place
    1,230 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Americas Society Art Gallery Arts or cultural center
    1,190 feet
  2. Italian Cultural Institute Arts or cultural center · listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Temple Emanuel Landmark
    450 feet
  2. Congregation Edmond J Safra House of worship
    1,070 feet
  3. 5 Ave Synagogue House of worship
    1,300 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 5th Avenue or East 67th 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.