5th Avenue & East 70th Street

The four-way crossing of 5th Avenue and East 70th Street is in Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill, Manhattan, at the edge of Central Park. It lies on the edge of the Upper East Side Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The bust “Richard Morris Hunt Memorial” is 160 feet away. The nearest subway, 68 St-Hunter College, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places and 14 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
68 St-Hunter College
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
260 feet
5 Av/E 69 St · M72
Within a walk
23 places
6 park features, 3 playgrounds and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
5th Avenue & East 70th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 68 St-Hunter College, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 68 St-Hunter College 6
    0.4 miles
    6

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. 6 …
Downtown
1 line
  1. 6 …

Also within a walk

  1. 5 Av/59 St N, R, W
    0.5 miles
    N R W

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Tempestuous Terrain; Liminal Location” (2024) by Lisa Corinne Davis at the 68 St-Hunter College station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 5 Av/E 69 St, 260 feet away, for the M72.

  • 20 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/E 69 St M72
    260 feet
    M72

Next buses at this stop

  1. 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

A marked bike lane runs on East 70th Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 70 St & Madison Ave 44 docks in all
    460 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at East 70th Street, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1855 1st Avenue Gas station
    2 miles
  2. 301 East 79th Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2023
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10021
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; the corner is on the edge of the Central Park area
Elevation
82 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,600 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 1919 and 1949.

Trees

NYC Parks records 61 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American elm.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2020 and May 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on East 70th Street (north side).

East side of 5th Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

North side of East 70th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING 8AM-6PM ALL DAYS

South side of East 70th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 6AM-6PM ALL DAYS
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 114324.

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, 133 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-French Classic, and mostly built between 1884 and 1924.

  1. Frick Art Reference Library Designated landmark
    350 feet
  2. Hotel Westbury Designated landmark
    440 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. Richard Morris Hunt Memorial Bust by Daniel Chester French, 1898
    160 feet
  2. Samuel Finley Breese Morse Statue by Byron M. Pickett, 1871
    540 feet
  3. Mother Goose Sculpture by Frederick George Richard Roth, 1938
    630 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

  • 6 park features
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 arts or cultural centers
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Episcopal School in the City of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,060 feet
  2. Emanuel Congregation of the City of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    70 feet
  2. East Green in Central Park Park feature
    270 feet
  3. East 72nd Street Playground
    350 feet
Show all 11
  1. Billy Johnson Playground
    730 feet
  2. Dene in Central Park Park feature
    830 feet
  3. Wallach Walk in Central Park Park feature
    1,010 feet
  4. Pilgrim Hill & Conservatory Water Playground
    1,070 feet
  5. Central Park Zoo Zoo or aquarium
    1,100 feet
  6. Pilgrim Hill in Central Park Park feature
    1,150 feet
  7. Bethesda Terrace in Central Park Park feature
    1,200 feet
  8. Conservatory Water in Central Park Park feature
    1,250 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 733 Park Avenue Public space
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Frick Collection Museum
    200 feet
  2. Upper East Side Historic District Listed historic place
    850 feet
  3. Gertrude Rhinelander Waldo Mansion Listed historic place
    1,020 feet
Show all 4
  1. Asia Society Museum
    1,140 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Americas Society Art Gallery Arts or cultural center
    1,230 feet
  2. Italian Cultural Institute Arts or cultural center · listed historic place
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St James Church Landmark
    870 feet
  2. Temple Emanuel House of worship
    1,230 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,180 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 5th Avenue or East 70th 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.