5th Avenue & East 96th Street

The five-way junction of 5th Avenue and East 96th 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, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Central Park is 50 feet away, and Manhattan Country School is 320 feet away. The nearest subway, 96 St, is about six minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, five of them schools, and 17 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
96 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
140 feet
E 96 St/5 Av · M96, M106
Within a walk
21 places
5 schools, 4 religious buildings and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
5th Avenue & East 96th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 96 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. 96 St 6
    0.3 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 E 96 St/5 Av, 140 feet away, for the M96 and M106.

  • 17 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 96 St/5 Av M96, M106 · Countdown sign
    140 feet
    M96 M106
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. M96 …
  2. M106 …

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

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 97 St & Madison Ave 41 docks in all
    820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive northbound at East 96th Street, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1599 Lexington Avenue Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 60 East 94th Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1,220 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10128
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 8
City Council district
6 and 8 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
19 and 22 and 23 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill
Elevation
77 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,100 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 1920 and 1926.

Trees

NYC Parks records 53 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American elm.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 40 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2020 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 5th Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of 5th Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-7PM SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No standing 15 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

North side of East 96th Street

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of East 96th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 109393, 112835 and 113775.

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 are two Individual Landmarks, and 83 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1892 and 1924.

  1. Lycee Francais de New-York Designated landmark
    320 feet
  2. Saint Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral Rectory Designated landmark
    460 feet
  3. Squadron "A" Armory Designated landmark
    700 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Central Park.

  1. Albert Bertel Thorvaldsen Statue by Albert Bertel Thorvaldsen, 1894
    260 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 5 schools
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 park features
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Manhattan Country School
    320 feet
  2. Sephardic Academy-Manhattan School
    320 feet
  3. La Scuola D'Italia-G Marconi School
    390 feet
Show all 8
  1. St. Bernard's Kindergarten School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    640 feet
  2. Playgarden Madison Prep Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    660 feet
  3. St Bernard's School
    700 feet
  4. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,040 feet
  5. Hunter College Campus Schools School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    50 feet
  2. Margaret L. Kempner Playground
    190 feet
  3. East Meadow in Central Park Park feature
    310 feet
Show all 6
  1. North Meadow in Central Park Park feature
    780 feet
  2. Reservoir in Central Park Park feature
    820 feet
  3. Robert Bendheim Playground
    960 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Carnegie Hill Tower Public space
    1,180 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Lucy Drexel Dahlgren Residence Listed historic place
    430 feet
  2. Jewish Museum Listed historic place
    1,010 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church Landmark
    540 feet
  2. Ramakrishna Vivekananda Center House of worship
    670 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Westside Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 5th Avenue, 97th Street Transverse or East 96th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.