5th Avenue & East 73rd Street

The four-way crossing of 5th Avenue and East 73rd 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, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Central Park is 50 feet away, and Hans Christian Andersen Statue in Central Park is 590 feet away. The nearest subway, 77 St, is about ten minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, nine of them park features, and 12 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
77 St
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
340 feet
5 Av/E 72 St · M1, M2, M3, M4 +5
Within a walk
20 places
9 park features, 3 playgrounds and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
5th Avenue & East 73rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 77 St, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  1. 77 St 6
    0.5 miles
    6

Next trains at this station

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

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “4 Seasons Seasoned” (2004) by Robert Kushner at the 77 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 5 Av/E 72 St, 340 feet away, for the M1, M2, M3, M4 and five more.

  • 21 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/E 72 St M1, M2, M3, M4 +5
    340 feet
    M1 M2 M3 M4 BxM6 BxM7 BxM8 BxM9 BxM10

Next buses at this stop

  1. M1 …
  2. M2 …
  3. M3 …
  4. M4 …
  5. BxM6 …
  6. BxM7 …
  7. BxM8 …
  8. BxM9 …
  9. BxM10 …

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

  • 19 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
    160 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at East 70th Street, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1855 1st Avenue Gas station
    1.9 miles
  2. 301 East 79th Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.4 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 four crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2019

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
69 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,700 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 1911 and 1949.

Trees

NYC Parks records 65 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American elm.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2020 and July 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 5th Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM

North side of East 73rd Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of East 73rd Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY CONSUL-C DIPLOMAT-A & D LICENSE PLATES D/S DECALS ONLY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 109041 and 114010.

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, 161 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Italian Renaissance, and mostly built between 1876 and 1914.

  1. Frick Art Reference Library Designated landmark
    730 feet
  2. Whitney Museum of American Art Designated landmark
    750 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. Waldo Hutchins Memorial Exedra by Paul Howard Manship and Corrado Howard, 1932
    230 feet
  2. Samuel Finley Breese Morse Statue by Byron M. Pickett, 1871
    320 feet
  3. Pilgrim Statue by John Quincy Adams Ward, 1885
    510 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. The Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · landmark
    610 feet
  2. The Hewitt Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,000 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    50 feet
  2. Pilgrim Hill & Conservatory Water Playground
    240 feet
  3. Conservatory Water in Central Park Park feature
    420 feet
Show all 13
  1. East 72nd Street Playground
    440 feet
  2. Hans Christian Andersen Statue in Central Park Park feature
    590 feet
  3. Pilgrim Hill in Central Park Park feature
    610 feet
  4. Alice in Wonderland Statue in Central Park Park feature
    690 feet
  5. Cedar Hill in Central Park Park feature
    850 feet
  6. Bethesda Terrace in Central Park Park feature
    940 feet
  7. East Green in Central Park Park feature
    950 feet
  8. James Michael Levin Playground
    990 feet
  9. Sophie Loeb Fountain in Central Park Park feature
    1,050 feet
  10. Rumsey Playfield in Central Park Park feature
    1,260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Frick Collection Museum
    740 feet
  2. Gertrude Rhinelander Waldo Mansion Listed historic place
    910 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Madison Ave Presbyterian Church Landmark
    610 feet
  2. St James Church Landmark
    1,000 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    850 feet

Supermarkets

  1. D'Agostino Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 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 73rd 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.