5th Avenue & East 87th Street

The four-way crossing of 5th Avenue and East 87th Street is in Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill, Manhattan, at the edge of Central Park. It lies on the edge of the Expanded Carnegie Hill Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Hotel Graham stands 590 feet away. The nearest subway, 86 St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 4, 5 and 6. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places and nine places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · 4, 5, 6
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
5 Av/E 87 St · M1, M2, M3, M4 +2
Within a walk
22 places
5 religious buildings, 4 listed historic places and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
5th Avenue & East 87th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 86 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. 86 St 4, 5, 6
    0.3 miles
    4 5 6

Next trains at this station

Uptown
3 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. 5 …
  3. 6 …
Downtown
3 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. 5 …
  3. 6 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Happy City” (2004) by Peter Sis at the 86 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 5 Av/E 87 St, 30 feet away, for the M1, M2, M3, M4 and two more.

  • 22 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/E 87 St M1, M2, M3, M4 +2
    30 feet
    M1 M2 M3 M4 BxM3 BxM4

Next buses at this stop

  1. M1 …
  2. M2 …
  3. M3 …
  4. M4 …
  5. BxM3 …
  6. BxM4 …

Live arrivals

A lane DOT records as a shared lane, not a bus-only lane, runs along 5th Avenue, 7am to 10am on weekdays.

Cycling

  • 38 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 5 Ave & E 87 St 39 docks in all
    40 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at York Avenue & East 92nd Street, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1855 1st Avenue Gas station
    1.2 miles
  2. 11 East 86th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    490 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported six crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2022.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2019

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10128
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
101 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,700 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 1925 and 1958.

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
  • 16 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2015 and June 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 5th Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

North side of East 87th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of East 87th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Expanded Carnegie Hill Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 44 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Modern, and mostly built between 1902 and 1930.

  1. Hotel Graham Designated landmark
    590 feet
  2. The National Academy School of Fine Arts Designated landmark
    630 feet
  3. The Church of the Heavenly Rest Parish Hall Designated landmark
    730 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. William Church Osborn Gates Ornamental gates by Paul Manship, 1953
    640 feet
  2. John Purroy Mitchel Stele by Adolph Alexander Weinman, 1928
    810 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 listed historic places
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 2 museums
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Park Avenue Synagogue Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    670 feet
  2. St Davids School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    720 feet
  3. Marymount School of NY School
    970 feet
Show all 5
  1. Convent of the Sacred Heart School
    1,180 feet
  2. St. Thomas Moore Play Group Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    70 feet
  2. Ancient Playground
    650 feet
  3. Fred Lebow Statue in Central Park Park feature
    710 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Park Regis Public space
    1,150 feet
  2. Public space at Carlton Park Public space
    1,160 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Landmark · listed historic place
    500 feet
  2. Houses at 1026-1028 Fifth Avenue Listed historic place
    950 feet
  3. Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum
    980 feet
Show all 6
  1. Andrew Carnegie Mansion Listed historic place
    1,080 feet
  2. James A. Jr. Burden House and Kahn, Otto H. House Listed historic place
    1,210 feet
  3. Park Avenue Historic District Listed historic place
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Park Ave Synagogue House of worship
    670 feet
  2. Beloved Disciple Chapel Landmark · listed historic place
    830 feet
  3. St Thomas More Church House of worship
    1,140 feet
Show all 4
  1. Advent Hope Church House of worship
    1,200 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    640 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,160 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    590 feet
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 5th Avenue or East 87th 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.