5th Avenue & East 98th Street

The four-way crossing of 5th Avenue and East 98th Street is in East Harlem (South), Manhattan. It lies on the edge of the Expanded Carnegie Hill Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Central Park is 60 feet away. The nearest subway, 96 St, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 17 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
96 St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
5 Av/E 98 St · M1, M2, M3, M4 +3
Within a walk
22 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 4 religious buildings and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
5th Avenue & East 98th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 96 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. 96 St 6
    0.4 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 98 St, 50 feet away, for the M1, M2, M3, M4 and three more.

  • 17 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/E 98 St M1, M2, M3, M4 +3
    50 feet
    M1 M2 M3 M4 M106 BxM2 BxM11

Next buses at this stop

  1. M1 …
  2. M2 …
  3. M3 …
  4. M4 …
  5. M106 …
  6. BxM2 …
  7. BxM11 …

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

  • 50 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations 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, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1599 Lexington Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 1425 Madison Avenue Charging for electric cars, 32 Level 2 chargers
    820 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

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

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)
Elevation
67 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 1920 and 1926.

Trees

NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 7 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2024 and February 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Friday 10am to 10pm, 2 hour passenger vehicles Saturday 9am to 10pm on 5th Avenue (west side).

East side of 5th Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of East 98th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-10PM SATURDAY 9AM-10PM
  • Ambulettes only 1 sign AMBULETTE ONLY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

South side of East 98th Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 109735, 112629, 112630 and 113713.

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 22 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Renaissance. They were mostly built between 1915 and 1926.

  1. Saint Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral Rectory Designated landmark
    370 feet
  2. Lycee Francais de New-York Designated landmark
    800 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
    390 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

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

Schools and child care

  1. St. Bernard's Kindergarten School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    100 feet
  2. St Bernard's School
    310 feet
  3. Manhattan Country School
    670 feet
Show all 9
  1. Sephardic Academy-Manhattan School
    670 feet
  2. Mt Sinai School of Medicine College
    850 feet
  3. La Scuola D'Italia-G Marconi School
    930 feet
  4. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,020 feet
  5. Lexington Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,190 feet
  6. Playgarden Madison Prep Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. East Meadow in Central Park Park feature
    20 feet
  2. Central Park Listed historic place
    60 feet
  3. Robert Bendheim Playground
    420 feet
Show all 7
  1. Margaret L. Kempner Playground
    730 feet
  2. North Meadow in Central Park Park feature
    880 feet
  3. Reservoir in Central Park Park feature
    980 feet
  4. Serenity Garden - Lexington Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    1,090 feet

Health care

  1. Mount Sinai Hospital
    850 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Lucy Drexel Dahlgren Residence Listed historic place
    770 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church Landmark
    400 feet
  2. Ramakrishna Vivekananda Center House of worship
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 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 one food store.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 5th Avenue or East 98th 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, NYCHA, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.