5th Avenue & East 97th Street

The five-way junction of 5th Avenue and East 97th Street is in East Harlem (South), Manhattan, at the edge of Central Park. It lies on the edge of the Expanded Carnegie Hill Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 24 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The statue “Albert Bertel Thorvaldsen” is 200 feet away, and North Meadow in Central Park is 680 feet away. The nearest subway, 96 St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places and 18 places to eat.

Safety record
22 hurt
24 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
96 St
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
E 97 St/5 Av · M96
Within a walk
22 places
4 religious buildings, 4 schools and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
5th Avenue & East 97th 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 seven 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 97 St/5 Av, 70 feet away, for the M96.

  • 17 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 97 St/5 Av M96
    70 feet
    M96

Next buses at this stop

  1. M96 …

Live arrivals

A bus lane runs along 5th Avenue, 7am to 10am on weekdays.

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive northbound at East 96th Street, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 24 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 22 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 7 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10029
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 11
City Council district
6 and 8 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
22 and 23 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Harlem (South); the corner is on the edge of the Central Park area
Elevation
73 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Three 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. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1926.

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
  • 46 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2023 and March 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 5th Avenue

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of 5th Avenue

  • Metered parking 8 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-10PM SATURDAY 9AM-10PM
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-7PM SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 10 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

North side of East 97th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM 3PM-7PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

South side of East 97th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 10AM-3PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 109160, 109392 and 112835.

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 is one Individual Landmark, and 53 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1892 and 1923.

  1. Saint Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral Rectory Designated landmark
    320 feet
  2. Lycee Francais de New-York Designated landmark
    550 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
    200 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 park features
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. St. Bernard's Kindergarten School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    350 feet
  2. Manhattan Country School
    400 feet
  3. Sephardic Academy-Manhattan School
    400 feet
Show all 8
  1. St Bernard's School
    420 feet
  2. La Scuola D'Italia-G Marconi School
    670 feet
  3. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    760 feet
  4. Playgarden Madison Prep Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    940 feet
  5. Mt Sinai School of Medicine College
    1,110 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. East Meadow in Central Park Park feature
    20 feet
  2. Central Park Listed historic place
    50 feet
  3. Margaret L. Kempner Playground
    480 feet
Show all 6
  1. North Meadow in Central Park Park feature
    680 feet
  2. Robert Bendheim Playground
    680 feet
  3. Reservoir in Central Park Park feature
    720 feet

Health care

  1. Mount Sinai Hospital
    1,110 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Lucy Drexel Dahlgren Residence Listed historic place
    510 feet
  2. Madison Avenue Facade of the Squadron a Armory Listed historic place
    1,210 feet
  3. Jewish Museum Listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

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

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and three 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 97th 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.