5th Avenue & East Meadow Path

The three-way junction of 5th Avenue and East Meadow Path (south-west) is in East Harlem (South), Manhattan, at the edge of Central Park. It lies on the edge of the Expanded Carnegie Hill Historic District. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. St Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church is 340 feet away, and Mount Sinai Hospital is 1,010 feet away. The nearest subway, 96 St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 18 places to eat.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest subway
96 St
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
E 97 St/5 Av · M96
Within a walk
21 places
4 religious buildings, 4 schools and 8 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 seven 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 E 97 St/5 Av, 120 feet away, for the M96.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M96 …

Live arrivals

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

Cycling

  • 43 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
    660 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

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

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
Elevation
70 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 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 Japanese zelkova.

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 35 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1898 and 1924.

  1. Saint Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral Rectory Designated landmark
    310 feet
  2. Lycee Francais de New-York Designated landmark
    640 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.

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

Schools and child care

  1. St. Bernard's Kindergarten School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    260 feet
  2. St Bernard's School
    470 feet
  3. Manhattan Country School
    510 feet
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  1. Sephardic Academy-Manhattan School
    510 feet
  2. La Scuola D'Italia-G Marconi School
    770 feet
  3. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    860 feet
  4. Mt Sinai School of Medicine College
    1,010 feet
  5. Playgarden Madison Prep Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,040 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
    570 feet
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  1. Robert Bendheim Playground
    580 feet
  2. North Meadow in Central Park Park feature
    720 feet
  3. Reservoir in Central Park Park feature
    820 feet
  4. Serenity Garden - Lexington Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    1,250 feet

Health care

  1. Mount Sinai Hospital
    1,010 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Lucy Drexel Dahlgren Residence Listed historic place
    610 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church Landmark
    340 feet
  2. Ramakrishna Vivekananda Center House of worship
    1,050 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 18 places to eat and one food store.

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

Nearby corners

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

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

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYPD, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.