5th Avenue & East 78th Street

The four-way crossing of 5th Avenue and East 78th 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, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Sophie Loeb Fountain in Central Park is 310 feet away. The nearest subway, 77 St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places and 18 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
77 St
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
5 Av/E 79 St · M1, M2, M3, M4
Within a walk
22 places
5 park features, 4 listed historic places and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
5th Avenue & East 78th 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 seven 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 79 St, 180 feet away, for the M1, M2, M3 and M4.

  • 21 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/E 79 St M1, M2, M3, M4
    180 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 78th Street.

  • 19 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at FDR Drive & East 78th Street, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1855 1st Avenue Gas station
    1.6 miles
  2. 50 East 79th Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    760 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2023
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

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
76 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 1909 and 1949.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 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 January 2018 and March 2024, 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 78th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of East 78th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 113010 and 113936.

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 are three Individual Landmarks, and 154 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Renaissance. They were mostly built between 1885 and 1912.

  1. (former) Finch College Designated landmark
    730 feet
  2. The Carlyle Hotel Designated landmark
    730 feet
  3. The Finch School Designated landmark
    760 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
    310 feet
  2. Irving and Estelle Levy Playground Gate Ornamental gates by A. Walter Beretta, 1958
    450 feet
  3. Still Hunt Statue by Edward Kemeys, 1883
    810 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

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

Schools and child care

  1. Rudolf Steiner School
    640 feet
  2. The Hewitt Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    730 feet
  3. Ramaz Upper School Landmark
    870 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    50 feet
  2. Cedar Hill in Central Park Park feature
    80 feet
  3. Sophie Loeb Fountain in Central Park Park feature
    310 feet
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  1. James Michael Levin Playground
    350 feet
  2. Group of Bears Sculpture in Central Park Park feature
    440 feet
  3. Ruth and Arthur Smadbeck-Heckscher East Playground
    490 feet
  4. Alice in Wonderland Statue in Central Park Park feature
    820 feet
  5. Pilgrim Hill & Conservatory Water Playground
    1,210 feet
  6. Conservatory Water in Central Park Park feature
    1,230 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 980 Fifth Avenue Public space
    460 feet
  2. Public space at 985 Fifth Avenue Public space
    540 feet
  3. Public space at Park 900 Public space
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. James B. Duke Mansion Listed historic place
    140 feet
  2. Harry F. Sinclair House Listed historic place
    310 feet
  3. New York Society Library (The) Research library · listed historic place
    980 feet
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  1. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum · landmark
    1,150 feet
  2. Duke Residence Listed historic place
    1,150 feet
  3. House at 49 East 80th Street Listed historic place
    1,240 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    710 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    730 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    890 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and two food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 5th Avenue or East 78th 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.