East 36th Street & Sniffen Court

East 36th Street and Sniffen Court meet at a three-way junction in Murray Hill-Kips Bay, Manhattan. The corner lies on the edge of the Sniffen Court Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Armenian Evangelical Church is 600 feet away. The nearest subway, 33 St, is about six minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 40 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 88 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
33 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
500 feet
Lexington Av/E 37 St · M101, M102, M103
Within a walk
40 places
13 public spaces, 10 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 36th Street & Sniffen Court Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 33 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 33 St 6
    0.3 miles
    6

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Grand Central-42 St 4, 5, 6, 7, S
    0.4 miles
    4 5 6 7 S

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Lariat Seat Loops” (1997) by James Garvey at the 33 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Lexington Av/E 37 St, 500 feet away, for the M101, M102 and M103.

  • 74 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lexington Av/E 37 St M101, M102, M103
    500 feet
    M101 M102 M103

Next buses at this stop

  1. M101 …
  2. M102 …
  3. M103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 31 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 4 of them on-street corrals
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lexington Ave & E 36 St 23 docks in all
    330 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive northbound, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 466 10th Avenue Gas station
    1.5 miles
  2. 300 East 34th Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2022.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10016
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 6
City Council district
4
Police precinct
17
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Murray Hill-Kips Bay

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 9,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 81 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Sniffen Court Historic District.

Within 820 feet are four Individual Landmarks, and 106 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1856 and 1865.

  1. The Church of the New Jerusalem Designated landmark
    630 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 40 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Wee Ones Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    450 feet
  2. Everbrook Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,080 feet
  3. Manhattan Academy for Arts & Language School
    1,310 feet
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  1. Murray Hill Academy School
    1,310 feet
  2. Success Academy Charter High School of Liberal Arts (BX) School
    1,310 feet
  3. Success Academy Charter High School of the Liberal Arts School
    1,310 feet
  4. Unity Center for Urban Technologies School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. Vartan Park
    970 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Carlton Regency Public space
    310 feet
  2. Public space at Carlton Regency North Public space
    600 feet
  3. Public space at Murray Hill Mews Public space
    690 feet
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  1. Public space at Murray Hill House Public space
    720 feet
  2. Public space at 243 Lexington Avenue Public space
    860 feet
  3. Public space at Murray Hill Public space
    940 feet
  4. Public space at 166 East 34th Street Public space
    980 feet
  5. Public space at Dumont Plaza Public space
    1,050 feet
  6. Public space at 240 East 38th Street Public space
    1,080 feet
  7. Public space at 600 Third Avenue Public space
    1,130 feet
  8. Public space at The Nash Public space
    1,180 feet
  9. Public space at Laurence Tower Public space
    1,260 feet
  10. Public space at Three Park Avenue Public space
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Sniffen Court Historic District Listed historic place
    80 feet
  2. Sidewalk Clock at 519 3rd Avenue, Manhattan Listed historic place
    540 feet
  3. James F.D. Lanier Residence Listed historic place
    660 feet
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  1. Murray Hill Historic District Listed historic place
    740 feet
  2. Murray Hill Historic District (Boundary Expansion) Listed historic place
    810 feet
  3. House at 146 East 38th Street Listed historic place
    940 feet
  4. Adelaide L. T. Douglas House Listed historic place
    1,090 feet
  5. Pierpont Morgan Library Listed historic place
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Armenian Evangelical Church House of worship
    600 feet
  2. Our Saviour Church House of worship
    1,010 feet
  3. Society Jewish Science House of worship
    1,240 feet
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  1. St Vartan Armenian Church House of worship
    1,250 feet
  2. Incarnation Church Episcopal Listed historic place
    1,280 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Murray Hill Post Office
    780 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    820 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    990 feet
  3. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. D'Agostino Supermarket
    730 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    830 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    1,060 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 88 places to eat and nine food stores.

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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 36th Street.

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