5th Avenue & East 74th Street

The four-way crossing of 5th Avenue and East 74th 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, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The statue “Pilgrim” is 680 feet away, and Conservatory Water in Central Park is 330 feet away. The nearest subway, 77 St, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places and 13 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
77 St
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
260 feet
5 Av/E 75 St · M1, M2, M3, M4
Within a walk
26 places
8 park features, 6 religious buildings and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
5th Avenue & East 74th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 77 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. 77 St 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 “4 Seasons Seasoned” (2004) by Robert Kushner at the 77 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 5 Av/E 75 St, 260 feet away, for the M1, M2, M3 and M4.

  • 20 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/E 75 St M1, M2, M3, M4
    260 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

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 5 Ave & E 72 St 33 docks in all
    430 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
    1.8 miles
  2. 50 East 79th Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three 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 a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, December 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
65 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,900 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 1910 and 1949.

Trees

NYC Parks records 71 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
  • 7 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2017 and July 2026, 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 74th 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
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO CONSUL & DIPLOMAT LICENSE PLATES MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-4PM DELIVERY DECAL REQUIRED
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of East 74th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 109142 and 110320.

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, 179 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Renaissance, and mostly built between 1879 and 1911.

  1. Whitney Museum of American Art Designated landmark
    640 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
    480 feet
  2. Samuel Finley Breese Morse Statue by Byron M. Pickett, 1871
    580 feet
  3. Pilgrim Statue by John Quincy Adams Ward, 1885
    680 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. The Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · landmark
    670 feet
  2. The Hewitt Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    740 feet
  3. Hewitt School
    1,100 feet
Show all 5
  1. Resurrection Episcopal Day School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,270 feet
  2. Temple Israel of the City of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    70 feet
  2. Pilgrim Hill & Conservatory Water Playground
    160 feet
  3. Conservatory Water in Central Park Park feature
    330 feet
Show all 12
  1. Alice in Wonderland Statue in Central Park Park feature
    480 feet
  2. Hans Christian Andersen Statue in Central Park Park feature
    520 feet
  3. Cedar Hill in Central Park Park feature
    590 feet
  4. East 72nd Street Playground
    710 feet
  5. James Michael Levin Playground
    730 feet
  6. Sophie Loeb Fountain in Central Park Park feature
    780 feet
  7. Pilgrim Hill in Central Park Park feature
    880 feet
  8. Bethesda Terrace in Central Park Park feature
    1,200 feet
  9. East Green in Central Park Park feature
    1,210 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Frick Collection Museum
    1,010 feet
  2. Gertrude Rhinelander Waldo Mansion Listed historic place
    1,170 feet
  3. James B. Duke Mansion Listed historic place
    1,200 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Madison Ave Presbyterian Church Landmark
    710 feet
  2. Church of the Resurrection House of worship
    1,230 feet
  3. St James Church House of worship
    1,270 feet
Show all 4
  1. Israel Temple House of worship
    1,310 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,110 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 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 74th 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.