East 23rd Street & Park Avenue South

East 23rd Street and Park Avenue South meet at a four-way crossing in Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 41 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection. In 2025, 518 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Calvary Church stands 410 feet away. The nearest subway, 23 St-Baruch College, is about a minute on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 35 public places and 145 places to eat.

Safety record
31 hurt
41 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
23 St-Baruch College
80 feet · 1 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
80 feet
E 23 St/Park Av South · BM1, BM2, BM3, BM4 +5
Within a walk
35 places
13 listed historic places, 5 public spaces and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 23rd Street & Park Avenue South Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 23 St-Baruch College, 80 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 10 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 23 St-Baruch College 6
    80 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. 6 …
Downtown
1 line
  1. 6 …

Also within a walk

  1. 23 St R, W
    840 feet
    R W
  2. 28 St 6
    950 feet
    6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Long Division” (1988) by Valerie Jaudon at the 23 St-Baruch College station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 23 St/Park Av South, 80 feet away, for the BM1, BM2, BM3, BM4 and five more.

  • 47 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 23 St/Park Av South BM1, BM2, BM3, BM4 +5 · Shelter
    80 feet
    BM1 BM2 BM3 BM4 SIM3 SIM10 SIM31 X37 X38
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. BM1 …
  2. BM2 …
  3. BM3 …
  4. BM4 …
  5. SIM3 …
  6. SIM10 …
  7. SIM31 …
  8. X37 …
  9. X38 …

Live arrivals

East 23rd Street carries a bus lane, all day, every day.

Cycling

  • 143 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 6 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 24 St & Park Ave S 79 docks in all
    330 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at FDR Drive & East 30th Street, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1.4 miles
  2. 200 East 24th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. West 24th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 41 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection, a designation it applies to corners selected for attention on their injury record. It is not a record of work done.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2024

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 518 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,160th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 212 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10010
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 5
City Council district
2
Police precinct
13
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square
Elevation
32 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 4,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 22 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the European hornbeam.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2018 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 23rd Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of East 23rd Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 4 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 3 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 9AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING 7AM-9AM 4PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Park Avenue South

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING W/ TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY 4:30AM-6AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Park Avenue South

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 4 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING W/ TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY 4:30AM-6AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 102228, 102588, 106331, 106463 and 107037.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are five Individual Landmarks, and 44 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Renaissance. They were mostly built between 1849 and 1905.

  1. Church Missions House / now Protestant Welfare Agencies Building Designated landmark
    360 feet
  2. Calvary Church Designated landmark
    410 feet
  3. Russell Sage Foundation Building and Annex Designated landmark
    490 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in Madison Square Park.

  1. Roscoe Conkling Statue by John Quincy Adams Ward, 1893
    640 feet
  2. Memorial to the Victims of the Injustice of the Holocaust Sculpture by Harriet Feigenbaum, 1990
    790 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 35 public places.

  • 13 listed historic places
  • 5 public spaces
  • 4 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 9 other places

Schools and child care

  1. New York Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    380 feet
  2. Ecole Internationale de New York School
    530 feet
  3. Nord Anglia International School, New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    540 feet
Show all 7
  1. CUNY Bernard M. Baruch College
    670 feet
  2. Baruch College Campus High School
    720 feet
  3. School of the Future High School
    780 feet
  4. Rebecca School
    830 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Madison Square Park
    580 feet
  2. Police Officer Moira Ann Smith Playground
    1,150 feet
  3. Worth Square
    1,280 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Madison Green Public space
    780 feet
  2. 25th Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,290 feet
  3. Flatiron Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,300 feet
Show all 7
  1. Public space at 50 Lexington Avenue Public space
    840 feet
  2. Public space at Stanford Public space
    870 feet
  3. Public space at New York Merchandise Mart Public space
    1,070 feet
  4. Public space at Crystal House Public space
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Building at 304 Park Avenue South Listed historic place
    170 feet
  2. United Charities Building Complex Listed historic place
    340 feet
  3. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Complex Listed historic place
    550 feet
Show all 14
  1. George Washington Hotel Listed historic place
    720 feet
  2. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Listed historic place
    760 feet
  3. 69th Regiment Armory Listed historic place
    970 feet
  4. Appellate Division Courthouse of New York State Listed historic place
    1,020 feet
  5. Flatiron Building Listed historic place
    1,150 feet
  6. Samuel J. Tilden House Listed historic place
    1,190 feet
  7. New York Life Building Listed historic place
    1,190 feet
  8. Sidewalk Clock at 200 5th Avenue, Manhattan Listed historic place
    1,190 feet
  9. Players, The Listed historic place
    1,190 feet
  10. Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site Listed historic place
    1,220 feet
  11. 28th Street Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    1,240 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Calvary St George Episcopal Church House of worship
    470 feet
  2. Gustauus Adolphus Lutheran Church House of worship
    920 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Madison Square Post Office Listed historic place
    790 feet
  2. Stein Senior Center Older adult center
    1,220 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    510 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,070 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    330 feet
  2. D'Agostino Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    60 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    220 feet
  3. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,300 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 145 places to eat and 11 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 23rd Street or Park Avenue South.

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