5th Avenue & East 71st Street

The three-way junction of 5th Avenue and East 71st 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, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Central Park is 60 feet away, and East 72nd Street Playground is 90 feet away. The nearest subway, 68 St-Hunter College, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, nine of them park features, and 13 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
68 St-Hunter College
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
5 Av/E 72 St · M72
Within a walk
22 places
9 park features, 3 playgrounds and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
5th Avenue & East 71st 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 eight minutes on foot.

  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 …

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 72 St, 160 feet away, for the M72.

  • 20 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/E 72 St M72
    160 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 71st Street.

  • 17 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 5 Ave & E 72 St 33 docks in all
    450 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at East 70th Street, 1 mile 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
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 5 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 April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2019
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, January 2026

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
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 1915 and 1948.

Trees

NYC Parks records 62 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 June 2020 and June 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 5th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

North side of East 71st Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of East 71st Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 111559.

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-Renaissance, and mostly built between 1884 and 1924.

  1. Frick Art Reference Library Designated landmark
    320 feet
  2. Hotel Westbury Designated landmark
    570 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
    110 feet
  2. Samuel Finley Breese Morse Statue by Byron M. Pickett, 1871
    280 feet
  3. Waldo Hutchins Memorial Exedra by Paul Howard Manship and Corrado Howard, 1932
    380 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

  • 9 park features
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 museums
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    60 feet
  2. East 72nd Street Playground
    90 feet
  3. East Green in Central Park Park feature
    420 feet
Show all 13
  1. Pilgrim Hill & Conservatory Water Playground
    810 feet
  2. Pilgrim Hill in Central Park Park feature
    890 feet
  3. Bethesda Terrace in Central Park Park feature
    940 feet
  4. Conservatory Water in Central Park Park feature
    990 feet
  5. Billy Johnson Playground
    990 feet
  6. Dene in Central Park Park feature
    1,100 feet
  7. Hans Christian Andersen Statue in Central Park Park feature
    1,160 feet
  8. Rumsey Playfield in Central Park Park feature
    1,260 feet
  9. Alice in Wonderland Statue in Central Park Park feature
    1,260 feet
  10. Wallach Walk in Central Park Park feature
    1,270 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 733 Park Avenue Public space
    1,150 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Frick Collection Museum
    220 feet
  2. Gertrude Rhinelander Waldo Mansion Listed historic place
    760 feet
  3. Upper East Side Historic District Listed historic place
    1,110 feet
Show all 4
  1. Asia Society Museum
    1,210 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St James Church Landmark
    640 feet
  2. Madison Ave Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,160 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    920 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and one food store.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 5th Avenue or East 71st 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.