5th Avenue & East Meadow Path

The three-way junction of 5th Avenue and East Meadow Path (north-east) is in East Harlem (South), Manhattan, at the edge of Central Park. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Robert Bendheim Playground is 190 feet away, and Margaret L. Kempner Playground is 970 feet away. The nearest subway, 96 St, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, four of them schools, and 14 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
96 St
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
290 feet
5 Av/E 98 St · M1, M2, M3, M4 +3
Within a walk
20 places
4 schools, 3 park features and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
5th Avenue & East Meadow Path Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 96 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine 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 …

Also within a walk

  1. 103 St 6
    0.5 miles
    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, 290 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
    290 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

  • 55 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
    1,060 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive northbound at East 96th Street, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1599 Lexington Avenue Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 1425 Madison Avenue Charging for electric cars, 32 Level 2 chargers
    1,060 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, January 2017
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10029
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

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,300 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 1924 and 1963.

Trees

NYC Parks records 38 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 12 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Renaissance. They were built between 1901 and 1926.

  1. Saint Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral Rectory Designated landmark
    530 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
    610 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. St. Bernard's Kindergarten School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    330 feet
  2. St Bernard's School
    540 feet
  3. Mt Sinai School of Medicine College
    610 feet
Show all 7
  1. Manhattan Country School
    900 feet
  2. Sephardic Academy-Manhattan School
    900 feet
  3. La Scuola D'Italia-G Marconi School
    1,170 feet
  4. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. East Meadow in Central Park Park feature
    40 feet
  2. Central Park Listed historic place
    60 feet
  3. Robert Bendheim Playground
    190 feet
Show all 6
  1. North Meadow in Central Park Park feature
    860 feet
  2. Margaret L. Kempner Playground
    970 feet
  3. Reservoir in Central Park Park feature
    1,130 feet

Health care

  1. Mount Sinai Hospital
    610 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Lucy Drexel Dahlgren Residence Listed historic place
    1,010 feet
  2. New York Academy of Medicine Research library
    1,140 feet
  3. Medical Library Ctr of New York Research library
    1,140 feet
Show all 4
  1. Museum of the City of New York Museum
    1,230 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church Landmark
    630 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and one food store.

Not on record for this corner: a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 5th Avenue or East Meadow Path.

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