5th Avenue & East 77th Street

The three-way junction of 5th Avenue and East 77th 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, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Cedar Hill in Central Park is 20 feet away. The nearest subway, 77 St, is about six minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places and 18 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
77 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
5 Av/E 77 St · M1, M2, M3, M4
Within a walk
22 places
6 park features, 3 listed historic places and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
5th Avenue & East 77th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 77 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. 77 St 6
    0.3 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 77 St, 50 feet away, for the M1, M2, M3 and M4.

  • 21 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/E 77 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

A marked bike lane runs on East 77th Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 5 Ave & E 78 St 47 docks in all
    270 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at FDR Drive & East 78th Street, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1855 1st Avenue Gas station
    1.7 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
    2.4 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2023.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2019
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, December 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10075
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
72 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,800 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 1916 and 1949.

Trees

NYC Parks records 67 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American elm.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2020 and December 2022, 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 77th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE

South side of East 77th Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-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: 109203 and 113008.

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, 155 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Renaissance, and mostly built between 1884 and 1914.

  1. The Carlyle Hotel Designated landmark
    630 feet
  2. The Finch School Designated landmark
    740 feet
  3. (former) Finch College Designated landmark
    740 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. Loeb Memorial Fountain Fountain by Frederick George Richard Roth, 1936
    120 feet
  2. Irving and Estelle Levy Playground Gate Ornamental gates by A. Walter Beretta, 1958
    700 feet
  3. Still Hunt Statue by Edward Kemeys, 1883
    780 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 6 park features
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 3 schools
  • 2 public spaces
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Hewitt Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    470 feet
  2. Rudolf Steiner School
    900 feet
  3. Ramaz Upper School Landmark
    980 feet
Show all 4
  1. Hewitt School
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Cedar Hill in Central Park Park feature
    20 feet
  2. Central Park Listed historic place
    70 feet
  3. James Michael Levin Playground
    90 feet
Show all 10
  1. Sophie Loeb Fountain in Central Park Park feature
    120 feet
  2. Alice in Wonderland Statue in Central Park Park feature
    560 feet
  3. Group of Bears Sculpture in Central Park Park feature
    700 feet
  4. Ruth and Arthur Smadbeck-Heckscher East Playground
    750 feet
  5. Pilgrim Hill & Conservatory Water Playground
    950 feet
  6. Conservatory Water in Central Park Park feature
    960 feet
  7. Hans Christian Andersen Statue in Central Park Park feature
    1,120 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 980 Fifth Avenue Public space
    720 feet
  2. Public space at 985 Fifth Avenue Public space
    800 feet

Health care

  1. Lenox Hill Hospital
    1,180 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. James B. Duke Mansion Listed historic place
    400 feet
  2. Harry F. Sinclair House Listed historic place
    580 feet
  3. Whitney Museum of American Art Listed historic place
    1,160 feet
Show all 4
  1. New York Society Library (The) Research library · listed historic place
    1,240 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    970 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,000 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. D'Agostino Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 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 77th 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.