East 43rd Street & Tudor City Place

East 43rd Street and Tudor City Place meet at a four-way crossing in Murray Hill-Kips Bay, Manhattan. The corner is also named John McKean Square by local law. It lies inside the Tudor City Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The memorial wall “The Isaiah Wall” is 110 feet away. The nearest subway, Grand Central-42 St, is about six minutes on foot, for the 4, 5, 6 and two more. Within a five-minute walk are 33 public places and 31 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Grand Central-42 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 4, 5, 6, 7, S
Nearest bus stop
290 feet
E 42 St/1 Av · M42
Within a walk
33 places
7 public spaces, 7 trade or language schools and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 43rd Street & Tudor City Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Grand Central-42 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  1. Grand Central-42 St 4, 5, 6, 7, S
    0.3 miles
    4 5 6 7 S

Next trains at this station

Uptown
3 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. 5 …
  3. 6 …
Downtown
3 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. 5 …
  3. 6 …
Queens
1 line
  1. 7 …
Hudson Yards
1 line
  1. 7 …
Times Square
1 line
  1. S …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists five works at the Grand Central-42 St station, among them “Fast Track and Speedwheels” (1990) by Dan Sinclair and “Grand Central: Arches, Towers, Pyramids” (2000) by Jackie Ferrara.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 42 St/1 Av, 290 feet away, for the M42.

  • 27 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 42 St/1 Av M42 · Shelter
    290 feet
    M42
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M42 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 22 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 43 St & 2 Ave 52 docks in all
    410 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive northbound at 1st Avenue, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 466 10th Avenue Gas station
    1.9 miles
  2. 240 East 39th Street Charging for electric cars, 15 Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash 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 May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10017
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 6
City Council district
4
Police precinct
17
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Murray Hill-Kips Bay
Elevation
66 feet above sea level

This corner is also named John McKean Square, a co-naming enacted on October 29, 1993 (Local Law 79 of 1993).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 6,600 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 1929 and 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 104 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

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

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2020 and September 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 43rd Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY CONSUL-C DIPLOMAT-A & D LICENSE PLATES D/S DECALS ONLY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 43rd Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 3 signs AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY CONSUL-C DIPLOMAT-A & D LICENSE PLATES D/S DECALS ONLY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Tudor City Place

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 10A M-11:30AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 10AM-11:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Tudor City Place

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY CONSUL-C DIPLOMAT-A & D LICENSE PLATES D/S DECALS ONLY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 10AM-11:30AM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Tudor City Historic District.

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and 24 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Tudor Revival. They were mostly built between 1925 and 1929.

  1. Ford Foundation Building Designated landmark
    320 feet
  2. Beaux-Arts Apartments Designated landmark
    330 feet
  3. Beaux-Arts Institute of Design Designated landmark
    440 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. The Isaiah Wall Memorial wall, 1948
    110 feet
  2. Peace Clock Kinetic sculpture by Lina Viste Gronli, 2016
    350 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 public places.

  • 7 public spaces
  • 7 trade or language schools
  • 4 parks
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 9 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Vivvi 11 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    510 feet
  2. Lyceum Kennedy School
    910 feet
  3. Kennedy International School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,040 feet
Show all 12
  1. Empire Technology Center of New York Trade or language school
    1,170 feet
  2. Medical Training Institute of New Yo Trade or language school
    1,170 feet
  3. New York Holistic School Trade or language school
    1,170 feet
  4. New York Institute of Art and Design Trade or language school
    1,170 feet
  5. New York Institute of Career Develop Trade or language school
    1,170 feet
  6. Sheffield School of Interior Design Trade or language school
    1,170 feet
  7. CUNY Central Administration College
    1,200 feet
  8. Apex Technical School Trade or language school
    1,200 feet
  9. The Goddard School Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Ralph Bunche Park
    110 feet
  2. Mary O'Connor Playground
    240 feet
  3. Trygve Lie Plaza
    410 feet
Show all 7
  1. Tudor Grove Playground
    470 feet
  2. Robert Moses Playground
    550 feet
  3. Dag Hammarskjold Plaza
    1,190 feet
  4. East River Esplanade Park
    1,240 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Unicef House Public space
    240 feet
  2. Public space at International Plaza Public space
    560 feet
  3. Public space at Lausanne Public space
    1,160 feet
Show all 7
  1. Public space at Delegate Public space
    1,200 feet
  2. Public space at East River Realty North Public space
    1,230 feet
  3. Public space at 685 Third Avenue Public space
    1,280 feet
  4. Public space at 201 East 42nd Street Public space
    1,300 feet

Health care

  1. Vnsny Hospice and Palliative Care Nursing home or hospice
    1,210 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Peace Form One Sculpture Monument or memorial
    130 feet
  2. Tudor City Historic District Listed historic place
    450 feet
  3. Raoul Wallenberg Monument Monument or memorial
    1,210 feet
Show all 4
  1. Daily News Building Listed historic place
    1,210 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Church of the Covenant Landmark
    670 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    690 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. D'Agostino Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 places to eat and seven food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 43rd Street or Tudor City Place.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, 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.