5th Avenue & East 75th Street

The four-way crossing of 5th Avenue and East 75th 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, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Alice in Wonderland Statue in Central Park is 340 feet away. The nearest subway, 77 St, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places and 15 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
77 St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
5 Av/E 75 St · M1, M2, M3, M4
Within a walk
24 places
7 park features, 4 playgrounds and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
5th Avenue & East 75th 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 eight 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, 50 feet away, for the M1, M2, M3 and M4.

  • 21 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/E 75 St M1, M2, M3, M4
    50 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

  • 20 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
    690 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at East 70th Street, 1.2 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
    0.4 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 five crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 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; 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 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

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
  • 17 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and January 2021, 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 75th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of East 75th 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: 109140 and 111632.

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, 181 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Renaissance, and mostly built between 1877 and 1911.

  1. Whitney Museum of American Art Designated landmark
    620 feet
  2. The Carlyle Hotel Designated landmark
    700 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. Loeb Memorial Fountain Fountain by Frederick George Richard Roth, 1936
    520 feet
  2. Waldo Hutchins Memorial Exedra by Paul Howard Manship and Corrado Howard, 1932
    740 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. The Hewitt Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    480 feet
  2. Hewitt School Landmark
    840 feet
  3. The Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · landmark
    930 feet
Show all 4
  1. Temple Israel of the City of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    60 feet
  2. Cedar Hill in Central Park Park feature
    330 feet
  3. Alice in Wonderland Statue in Central Park Park feature
    340 feet
Show all 12
  1. Pilgrim Hill & Conservatory Water Playground
    420 feet
  2. Conservatory Water in Central Park Park feature
    430 feet
  3. James Michael Levin Playground
    470 feet
  4. Sophie Loeb Fountain in Central Park Park feature
    520 feet
  5. Hans Christian Andersen Statue in Central Park Park feature
    590 feet
  6. East 72nd Street Playground
    970 feet
  7. Pilgrim Hill in Central Park Park feature
    1,140 feet
  8. Group of Bears Sculpture in Central Park Park feature
    1,230 feet
  9. Ruth and Arthur Smadbeck-Heckscher East Playground
    1,280 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 980 Fifth Avenue Public space
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. James B. Duke Mansion Listed historic place
    940 feet
  2. Harry F. Sinclair House Listed historic place
    1,110 feet
  3. Frick Collection Museum
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Madison Ave Presbyterian Church Landmark
    960 feet
  2. Israel Temple House of worship
    1,240 feet
  3. Church of the Resurrection House of worship
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. D'Agostino Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and one food store.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 5th Avenue or East 75th 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.