5th Avenue & East 92nd Street

The four-way crossing of 5th Avenue and East 92nd 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, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Jewish Museum is 100 feet away, and Convent of the Sacred Heart is 290 feet away. The nearest subway, 96 St, is about ten minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 32 public places and 17 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
96 St
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
5 Av/E 92 St · M1, M2, M3, M4
Within a walk
32 places
8 schools, 7 listed historic places and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
5th Avenue & East 92nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 96 St, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  1. 96 St 6
    0.5 miles
    6

Next trains at this station

The Bronx
1 line
  1. 6 …
Downtown
1 line
  1. 6 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “City Suite” (1994) by Laura Bradley at the 96 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 5 Av/E 92 St, 70 feet away, for the M1, M2, M3 and M4.

  • 17 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/E 92 St M1, M2, M3, M4
    70 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

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 94 St & Madison Ave 43 docks in all
    1,120 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at York Avenue & East 92nd Street, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1855 1st Avenue Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. 60 East 94th Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1,190 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three 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 September 2023.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2025
  • 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
102 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,400 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 1894 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American elm.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2017 and June 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 5th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of East 92nd Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 92nd Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

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, 188 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1889 and 1924.

  1. Hotel Ashton Designated landmark
    480 feet
  2. Hotel Chastaignary Designated landmark
    590 feet
  3. The Church of the Heavenly Rest Parish Hall Designated landmark
    680 feet

Monuments and public art

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

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Convent of the Sacred Heart School
    290 feet
  2. Nightingale Bamford School Landmark
    410 feet
  3. Spence School Landmark
    680 feet
Show all 9
  1. The Brick Presbyterian Church in the City of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    710 feet
  2. Spence School at 93rd School
    840 feet
  3. Dalton School
    870 feet
  4. St Davids School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    990 feet
  5. La Scuola D'Italia-G Marconi School
    1,260 feet
  6. Horace Mann School Nursery-Kinderga School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    70 feet
  2. Fred Lebow Statue in Central Park Park feature
    650 feet
  3. Margaret L. Kempner Playground
    910 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Carnegie Hill Tower Public space
    1,030 feet
  2. Public space at 45 East 89th Street Public space
    1,220 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Jewish Museum Listed historic place
    100 feet
  2. James A. Jr. Burden House and Kahn, Otto H. House Listed historic place
    320 feet
  3. Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum
    360 feet
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  1. Andrew Carnegie Mansion Listed historic place
    470 feet
  2. William Goadby Loew House Listed historic place
    850 feet
  3. Mrs. Graham Fair Vanderbilt House Listed historic place
    920 feet
  4. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Listed historic place
    950 feet
  5. Apartment at 1261 Madison Avenue Listed historic place
    1,020 feet
  6. George F. Baker Jr. and Sr. Residences Listed historic place
    1,210 feet
  7. Madison Avenue Facade of the Squadron a Armory Listed historic place
    1,220 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Beloved Disciple Chapel Landmark · listed historic place
    660 feet
  2. Ramakrishna Vivekananda Center House of worship
    720 feet
  3. Brick Presbyterian Church House of worship
    950 feet
Show all 4
  1. St Thomas More Church House of worship
    1,300 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    600 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    740 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and three food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 5th Avenue or East 92nd 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.