East 45th Street & Park Avenue Viaduct

East 45th Street and Park Avenue Viaduct meet at a four-way crossing in East Midtown-Turtle Bay, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Graybar Building, one of four Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 510 feet away, and Holland Society Library is 1,120 feet away. The nearest subway, Grand Central-42 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the 4, 5, 6 and two more. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, four of them trade or language schools, and 207 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Grand Central-42 St
800 feet · 3 min on foot · 4, 5, 6, 7, S
Nearest bus stop
580 feet
Madison Av/E 45 St · QM21
Within a walk
23 places
9 public spaces, 4 trade or language schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 45th Street & Park Avenue Viaduct Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Grand Central-42 St, 800 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
    800 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 Madison Av/E 45 St, 580 feet away, for the QM21.

  • 75 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Madison Av/E 45 St QM21
    580 feet
    QM21

Next buses at this stop

  1. QM21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 47 St & Park Ave 81 docks in all
    630 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive northbound at 1st Avenue, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 720 11th Avenue Gas station
    1.5 miles
  2. 277 Park Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

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
63 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 400 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 1915 and 1924.

Trees

One tree recorded by NYC Parks stands within 330 feet, a Japanese flowering crabapple.

Landmarks and historic districts

Four buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Beaux-Arts, and built between 1903 and 1929.

  1. New York Central Building Designated landmark
    140 feet
  2. Yale Club of New York City Designated landmark
    330 feet
  3. Graybar Building Designated landmark
    510 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Bright Horizons at 200 Park Avenue Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    90 feet
  2. Berlitz Language Center Trade or language school
    130 feet
  3. Bright Horizons at East 46th Street Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    840 feet
Show all 8
  1. Career Resource Center Trade or language school
    130 feet
  2. Tekne Interaction Systems Trade or language school
    600 feet
  3. Laboratory Inst of Merchandising College
    960 feet
  4. Japan Lang Forum Trade or language school
    1,020 feet
  5. Berkeley College - Main Campus College
    1,200 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 245 Park Avenue Public space
    600 feet
  2. Public space at Bear Stearns Public space
    750 feet
  3. Vanderbilt Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    880 feet
Show all 10
  1. Public space at Two Grand Central Tower Public space
    890 feet
  2. Public space at 270 Park Avenue Public space
    890 feet
  3. Public space at 425 Lexington Avenue Public space
    950 feet
  4. Public space at 280 Park Avenue Public space
    1,060 feet
  5. Public space at Westvaco Public space
    1,070 feet
  6. Public space at Philip Morris Public space
    1,260 feet
  7. Public space at 415 Madison Avenue Public space
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Grand Central Terminal Listed historic place
    940 feet
  2. Fred F. French Building Listed historic place
    940 feet
  3. Holland Society Library Research library
    1,120 feet
Show all 4
  1. Chrysler Building Listed historic place
    1,220 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Agnes Church House of worship
    1,070 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    50 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    50 feet
  3. Santander Bank Bank branch
    820 feet

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 207 places to eat and 15 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 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 45th Street or Park Avenue Viaduct.

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.