East 45th Street & De Pew Place

East 45th Street and De Pew Place meet at a four-way crossing in East Midtown-Turtle Bay, Manhattan. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Yale Club of New York City, one of five Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 500 feet away. The nearest subway, Grand Central-42 St, is about three minutes on foot, and ten subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, five of them listed historic places, and 216 places to eat.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Grand Central-42 St
740 feet · 3 min on foot · 4, 5, 6, 7, S
Nearest bus stop
440 feet
Lexington Av/E 45 St · M101, M102, M103, SIM6 +3
Within a walk
27 places
9 public spaces, 5 listed historic places and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 45th Street & De Pew Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Grand Central-42 St, 740 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  • 10 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Grand Central-42 St 4, 5, 6, 7, S
    740 feet
    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 …

Also within a walk

  1. Lexington Av/51-53 Sts 6, E, F
    0.3 miles
    6 E F
  2. 42 St-Bryant Pk/5 Av 7, B, D, F, M
    0.4 miles
    7 B D F M

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 Lexington Av/E 45 St, 440 feet away, for the M101, M102, M103, SIM6 and three more.

  • 73 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lexington Av/E 45 St M101, M102, M103, SIM6 +3
    440 feet
    M101 M102 M103 SIM6 SIM11 SIM22 SIM26

Next buses at this stop

  1. M101 …
  2. M102 …
  3. M103 …
  4. SIM6 …
  5. SIM11 …
  6. SIM22 …
  7. SIM26 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 24 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 44 St & Lexington Ave 49 docks in all
    640 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. 720 11th Avenue Gas station
    1.6 miles
  2. 277 Park Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    1,010 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2018.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10017
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 5
City Council district
4
Police precinct
14 and 18 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Midtown-Turtle Bay
Elevation
59 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

Meters on the blocks meeting at this corner are posted as 3 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Friday 7am to 6pm, 6 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Friday 6pm to midnight, 6 hour passenger vehicles Saturday 8am to midnight on East 45th Street (both sides).

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 107432 and 107502.

Landmarks and historic districts

Five buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Art Deco and Beaux-Arts, and mostly built between 1913 and 1929.

  1. New York Central Building Designated landmark
    210 feet
  2. Graybar Building Designated landmark
    410 feet
  3. Yale Club of New York City Designated landmark
    500 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 public places.

  • 9 public spaces
  • 5 listed historic places
  • 4 trade or language schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 pedestrian plazas
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bright Horizons at 200 Park Avenue Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    270 feet
  2. Berlitz Language Center Trade or language school
    320 feet
  3. Career Resource Center Trade or language school
    320 feet
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  1. Tekne Interaction Systems Trade or language school
    420 feet
  2. Bright Horizons at East 46th Street Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    660 feet
  3. Laboratory Inst of Merchandising College
    1,140 feet
  4. Japan Lang Forum Trade or language school
    1,200 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 245 Park Avenue Public space
    420 feet
  2. Vanderbilt Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,060 feet
  3. Pershing Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,140 feet
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  1. Public space at Two Grand Central Tower Public space
    700 feet
  2. Public space at 425 Lexington Avenue Public space
    770 feet
  3. Public space at Bear Stearns Public space
    940 feet
  4. Public space at 270 Park Avenue Public space
    1,070 feet
  5. Public space at 280 Park Avenue Public space
    1,240 feet
  6. Public space at Westvaco Public space
    1,250 feet
  7. Public space at Philip Morris Public space
    1,250 feet
  8. Public space at 747 Third Avenue Public space
    1,260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Grand Central Terminal Listed historic place
    760 feet
  2. Holland Society Library Research library
    940 feet
  3. Chrysler Building Listed historic place
    1,030 feet
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  1. Fred F. French Building Listed historic place
    1,130 feet
  2. Chanin Building Listed historic place
    1,150 feet
  3. Museum of the Dog Museum
    1,180 feet
  4. Grand Central Terminal (Boundary Increase: Park Avenue Viaduct) Listed historic place
    1,220 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Agnes Church House of worship
    880 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    230 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    230 feet
  3. Santander Bank Bank branch
    640 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 216 places to eat and 13 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along De Pew Place or East 45th Street.

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