5th Avenue & East 90th Street

The four-way crossing of 5th Avenue and East 90th Street is in Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill, Manhattan. 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. Central Park is 80 feet away, and Beloved Disciple Chapel is 240 feet away. The nearest subway, 86 St, is about ten minutes on foot, for the 4, 5 and 6. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, six of them schools, and 18 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · 4, 5, 6
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
5 Av/E 90 St · M1, M2, M3, M4
Within a walk
24 places
6 schools, 5 religious buildings and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
5th Avenue & East 90th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 86 St, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. 86 St 4, 5, 6
    0.5 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 90 St, 50 feet away, for the M1, M2, M3 and M4.

  • 17 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/E 90 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 10am on weekdays.

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 5th Avenue and East 90th Street.

  • 41 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
    740 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at York Avenue & East 92nd Street, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1855 1st Avenue Gas station
    1 mile
  2. 11 East 86th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1,260 feet

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.

  • 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
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
Elevation
112 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.

Trees

NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American elm.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 41 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2019 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 5th Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of 5th Avenue

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 20 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

North side of East 90th Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY CONSUL-C DIPLOMAT-A & D LICENSE PLATES D/S DECALS ONLY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of East 90th 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, 109 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1889 and 1925.

  1. The Church of the Heavenly Rest Parish Hall Designated landmark
    290 feet
  2. The National Academy School of Fine Arts Designated landmark
    300 feet
  3. Hotel Graham Designated landmark
    510 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
    210 feet
  2. William T. Stead Memorial Stele by George William Frampton, 1920
    280 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

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

Schools and child care

  1. Convent of the Sacred Heart School
    410 feet
  2. St Davids School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    460 feet
  3. Spence School Landmark
    680 feet
Show all 8
  1. Horace Mann School Nursery-Kinderga School
    770 feet
  2. Nightingale Bamford School
    780 feet
  3. St. Thomas Moore Play Group Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    960 feet
  4. Dalton School
    1,030 feet
  5. The Brick Presbyterian Church in the City of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    80 feet
  2. Fred Lebow Statue in Central Park Park feature
    170 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 45 East 89th Street Public space
    700 feet
  2. Public space at Park Regis Public space
    1,060 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum
    220 feet
  2. Andrew Carnegie Mansion Listed historic place
    300 feet
  3. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Landmark · listed historic place
    430 feet
Show all 6
  1. James A. Jr. Burden House and Kahn, Otto H. House Listed historic place
    430 feet
  2. Jewish Museum Listed historic place
    600 feet
  3. Apartment at 1261 Madison Avenue Listed historic place
    610 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Beloved Disciple Chapel Landmark · listed historic place
    240 feet
  2. St Thomas More Church House of worship
    770 feet
  3. Brick Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,180 feet
Show all 4
  1. Ramakrishna Vivekananda Center House of worship
    1,240 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    850 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    1,250 feet
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Westside Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 5th Avenue or East 90th 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.