5th Avenue & East 88th Street

The three-way junction of 5th Avenue and East 88th 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, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The National Academy School of Fine Arts stands 400 feet away. The nearest subway, 86 St, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 4, 5 and 6. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places and 11 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 4, 5, 6
Nearest bus stop
290 feet
5 Av/E 87 St · M1, M2, M3, M4 +2
Within a walk
27 places
6 schools, 5 listed historic places and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
5th Avenue & East 88th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 86 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. 86 St 4, 5, 6
    0.4 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, 290 feet away, for the M1, M2, M3, M4 and two more.

  • 19 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/E 87 St M1, M2, M3, M4 +2
    290 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

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at York Avenue & East 92nd Street, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 1855 1st Avenue Gas station
    1.1 miles
  2. 11 East 86th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    740 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two 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 foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2021.

What the city has done here

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

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
106 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 1926 and 1961.

Trees

NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American elm.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 13 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

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

East side of 5th Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • Taxi stand 1 sign TAXI STAND

North side of East 88th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of East 88th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

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, 41 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Modern, and mostly built between 1911 and 1930.

  1. The National Academy School of Fine Arts Designated landmark
    400 feet
  2. Hotel Graham Designated landmark
    430 feet
  3. The Church of the Heavenly Rest Parish Hall Designated landmark
    500 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. John Purroy Mitchel Stele by Adolph Alexander Weinman, 1928
    570 feet
  2. William T. Stead Memorial Stele by George William Frampton, 1920
    790 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. St Davids School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    470 feet
  2. Park Avenue Synagogue Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    860 feet
  3. Convent of the Sacred Heart School
    930 feet
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  1. St. Thomas Moore Play Group Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    960 feet
  2. Spence School Landmark
    1,200 feet
  3. Marymount School of NY School
    1,230 feet
  4. Horace Mann School Nursery-Kinderga School
    1,290 feet
  5. Nightingale Bamford School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    50 feet
  2. Fred Lebow Statue in Central Park Park feature
    450 feet
  3. Ancient Playground
    910 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Park Regis Public space
    890 feet
  2. Public space at 45 East 89th Street Public space
    1,080 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Landmark · listed historic place
    240 feet
  2. Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum
    720 feet
  3. Andrew Carnegie Mansion Listed historic place
    820 feet
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  1. James A. Jr. Burden House and Kahn, Otto H. House Listed historic place
    950 feet
  2. Park Avenue Historic District Listed historic place
    1,030 feet
  3. Jewish Museum Listed historic place
    1,120 feet
  4. Apartment at 1261 Madison Avenue Listed historic place
    1,140 feet
  5. Houses at 1026-1028 Fifth Avenue Listed historic place
    1,210 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Beloved Disciple Chapel Landmark · listed historic place
    570 feet
  2. Park Ave Synagogue House of worship
    860 feet
  3. St Thomas More Church House of worship
    880 feet
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  1. Advent Hope Church House of worship
    1,280 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    900 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and five food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 5th Avenue or East 88th 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.