East 26th Street & Park Avenue South

East 26th Street and Park Avenue South meet at a four-way crossing in Gramercy, Manhattan. The corner is also named Herman Melville Square by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. New York Life Insurance Company Building, one of five Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 260 feet away. The nearest subway, 28 St, is about a minute on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 34 public places and 171 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
28 St
160 feet · 1 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
270 feet
E 25 St/Park Av South · M1, M2, M3
Within a walk
34 places
10 listed historic places, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 26th Street & Park Avenue South Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 28 St, 160 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 28 St 6
    160 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 23 St-Baruch College 6
    790 feet
    6
  2. 33 St 6
    0.3 miles
    6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “ROAMING UNDERFOOT” (2018) by Nancy Blum at the 28 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 25 St/Park Av South, 270 feet away, for the M1, M2 and M3.

  • 61 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 25 St/Park Av South M1, M2, M3
    270 feet
    M1 M2 M3

Next buses at this stop

  1. M1 …
  2. M2 …
  3. M3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on East 26th Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 27 St & Park Ave S 69 docks in all
    300 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at FDR Drive & East 30th Street, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 466 10th Avenue Gas station
    1.6 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
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2022

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)
Gramercy
Elevation
35 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Herman Melville Square, a co-naming enacted on July 31, 1984 (Local Law 51 of 1984).

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 34 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the European hornbeam.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Herman Melville Square.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 43 signs on these blocks
  • 17 different rules
  • 8 active meters
  • 5 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2019 and September 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 3 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Friday 7am to 7pm on Park Avenue South (both sides).

North side of East 26th Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 3 signs 1 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-7PM
  • Metered parking 3 signs 5 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7PM-MIDNIGHT SATURDAY 8AM-MIDNIGHT
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE

South side of East 26th Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-7PM
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO APPELATE DIVISION SUPREME COURT MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO APPELLATE DIVISION SUPREME COURT MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 102873, 103246, 104945, 105612 and 106503.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are five Individual Landmarks, and ten buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Beaux-Arts. They were built between 1896 and 1928.

  1. New York Life Insurance Company Building Designated landmark
    260 feet
  2. Sixty-Ninth Regiment Armory Designated landmark
    360 feet
  3. Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York Designated landmark
    450 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists three works near this corner, the nearest at Appellate Division Courthouse.

  1. Memorial to the Victims of the Injustice of the Holocaust Sculpture by Harriet Feigenbaum, 1990
    520 feet
  2. Chester Alan Arthur Statue by George Edwin Bissell, 1899
    640 feet
  3. Admiral David Glasgow Farragut Statue by Augustus Saint-Gaudens, 1881
    790 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 34 public places.

  • 10 listed historic places
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 public spaces
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Baruch College Campus High School
    330 feet
  2. Advanced Career Training Trade or language school
    1,070 feet
  3. Shefa School
    1,070 feet
Show all 9
  1. Aaron School (8-12) School
    1,150 feet
  2. Sage Alliance NY School
    1,150 feet
  3. New York Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,170 feet
  4. Ecole International Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,190 feet
  5. The Ecole Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,190 feet
  6. Archdiocese of NY - Epiphany School Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Madison Square Park
    560 feet
  2. Police Officer Moira Ann Smith Playground
    690 feet
  3. Worth Square
    1,310 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Stanford Public space
    440 feet
  2. Public space at New York Merchandise Mart Public space
    450 feet
  3. 25th Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,020 feet
Show all 5
  1. Public space at Ascot Public space
    640 feet
  2. Public space at 50 Lexington Avenue Public space
    820 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 28th Street Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    450 feet
  2. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Complex Listed historic place
    780 feet
  3. National Museum of Mathematics Museum
    800 feet
Show all 12
  1. Building at 304 Park Avenue South Listed historic place
    960 feet
  2. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Listed historic place
    1,010 feet
  3. Prince George Hotel Listed historic place
    1,120 feet
  4. United Charities Building Complex Listed historic place
    1,130 feet
  5. Chester A. Arthur House Listed historic place
    1,140 feet
  6. George Washington Hotel Listed historic place
    1,160 feet
  7. Church Missions House Listed historic place
    1,180 feet
  8. Museum of Sex Museum
    1,200 feet
  9. Seville Hotel Listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Gramercy Arts Theatre Theater or concert hall
    760 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of the Scapular St Stephen Church House of worship
    1,210 feet
  2. First Moravian Church House of worship
    1,270 feet
  3. Calvary St George Episcopal Church House of worship
    1,270 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    340 feet
  2. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    610 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    960 feet
  2. Morton Williams Supermarket
    1,120 feet
  3. D'Agostino Supermarket
    1,240 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    340 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    510 feet
  3. Walgreens Pharmacy
    850 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 171 places to eat and 16 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 26th Street or Park Avenue South.

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, NYC Records, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.