East 47th Street & Vanderbilt Avenue

East 47th Street and Vanderbilt Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Midtown-Times Square, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Yale Club of New York City, one of seven Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 680 feet away. The nearest subway, Grand Central-42 St, is about four minutes on foot, and ten subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 190 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Grand Central-42 St
1,100 feet · 4 min on foot · 4, 5, 6, 7, S
Nearest bus stop
360 feet
Madison Av/E 47 St · M1, M2, Q32, SIM6 +4
Within a walk
25 places
10 public spaces, 4 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 47th Street & Vanderbilt Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Grand Central-42 St, 1,100 feet from this corner, about four 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
    1,100 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. 47-50 Sts-Rockefeller Ctr B, D, F, M
    0.3 miles
    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 47 St, 360 feet away, for the M1, M2, Q32, SIM6 and four more.

  • 73 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Madison Av/E 47 St M1, M2, Q32, SIM6 +4
    360 feet
    M1 M2 Q32 SIM6 SIM8 SIM11 SIM22 SIM31

Next buses at this stop

  1. M1 …
  2. M2 …
  3. Q32 …
  4. SIM6 …
  5. SIM8 …
  6. SIM11 …
  7. SIM22 …
  8. SIM31 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 40 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 47 St & Park Ave 81 docks in all
    350 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
    1.4 miles
  2. 277 Park Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    1,180 feet
  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 four crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10017
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 5
City Council district
4
Police precinct
18
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Midtown-Times Square
Elevation
61 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is 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 in 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 24 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the hawthorn.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 5 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in February 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 6 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Friday 6pm to midnight, 6 hour passenger vehicles Saturday 8am to midnight on East 47th Street (north side).

South side of East 47th Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Vanderbilt Avenue

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 6 HOUR METERED PARKING 6PM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 106631.

Landmarks and historic districts

Seven buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Beaux-Arts, and built between 1912 and 1929.

  1. 400 Madison Avenue Building Designated landmark
    380 feet
  2. New York Central Building Designated landmark
    460 feet
  3. Yale Club of New York City Designated landmark
    680 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Tekne Interaction Systems Trade or language school
    540 feet
  2. Berlitz Language Center Trade or language school
    590 feet
  3. Bright Horizons at 200 Park Avenue Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    660 feet
Show all 7
  1. Career Resource Center Trade or language school
    630 feet
  2. Bright Horizons Children’s Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    740 feet
  3. Bright Horizons at East 46th Street Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,070 feet
  4. Laboratory Inst of Merchandising College
    1,260 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 270 Park Avenue Public space
    150 feet
  2. Public space at Bear Stearns Public space
    270 feet
  3. Vanderbilt Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,180 feet
Show all 11
  1. Public space at 245 Park Avenue Public space
    540 feet
  2. Public space at 415 Madison Avenue Public space
    670 feet
  3. Public space at 575 Fifth Avenue Public space
    730 feet
  4. Public space at 280 Park Avenue Public space
    760 feet
  5. Public space at Westvaco Public space
    770 feet
  6. Public space at Tower 49 Public space
    920 feet
  7. Public space at 437 Madison Avenue Public space
    1,080 feet
  8. Public space at Saks Tower Public space
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. New York Bible Society Listed historic place
    950 feet
  2. Charles Sons Scribner's Building Listed historic place
    1,040 feet
  3. Fred F. French Building Listed historic place
    1,240 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Bartholomews Church Listed historic place
    1,230 feet
  2. Saint Patrick's Cathedral Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    420 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    770 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    770 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    800 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    1,320 feet
  3. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 190 places to eat and four food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 47th Street or Vanderbilt Avenue.

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.