East 50th Street & Beekman Place

East 50th Street and Beekman Place meet at a four-way crossing in East Midtown-Turtle Bay, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Dag Hammarskjold Plaza is 1,300 feet away. The nearest subway, Lexington Av/51-53 Sts, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 6, E and F. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, two of them parks, and 28 places to eat. About 4,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1965, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Lexington Av/51-53 Sts
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · 6, E, F
Nearest bus stop
550 feet
1 Av/Mitchell Pl · M15, M15 SBS
Within a walk
10 places
2 parks, 2 public spaces and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 50th Street & Beekman Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Lexington Av/51-53 Sts, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. Lexington Av/51-53 Sts 6, E, F
    0.5 miles
    6 E F

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. 6 …
Downtown
3 lines
  1. 6 …
  2. E …
  3. F …
Queens
2 lines
  1. E …
  2. F …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Passing Through” (2004) by Al Held at the Lexington Av/51-53 Sts station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 1 Av/Mitchell Pl, 550 feet away, for the M15 and M15 SBS.

  • 17 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 1 Av/Mitchell Pl M15, M15 SBS · Shelter
    550 feet
    M15 M15 SBS
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M15 …
  2. M15 SBS …

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 51 St & 1 Ave 35 docks in all
    740 feet

By car

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

  1. 720 11th Avenue Gas station
    1.8 miles
  2. 351 East 51st Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    890 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three 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 June 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10022
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 6
City Council district
4
Police precinct
17
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Midtown-Turtle Bay
Elevation
40 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,300 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 1930 and 1965.

Trees

NYC Parks records 144 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 25 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2020 and December 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Beekman Place

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY CONSUL-C DIPLOMAT-A & D LICENSE PLATES D/S DECALS ONLY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 10A M-11:30AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 10AM-11:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Beekman Place

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 10AM-11:30AM

North side of East 50th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 10AM-11:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 50th Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY CONSUL-C DIPLOMAT-A & D LICENSE PLATES D/S DECALS ONLY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 10AM-11:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Art Deco and Modernist, one each, and built between 1865 and 1929.

  1. Panhellenic Tower (now Beekman Tower Hotel) Designated landmark
    370 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks
  • 2 public spaces
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 monument or memorial
  • 1 playground
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Business English Alliance Trade or language school
    550 feet
  2. Children's Academy School
    1,010 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Peter Detmold Park
    190 feet
  2. MacArthur Playground
    1,190 feet
  3. Dag Hammarskjold Plaza
    1,300 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 100 United Nations Plaza Public space
    1,130 feet
  2. Public space at Trump World Tower Public space
    1,150 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Public School 35 Listed historic place
    840 feet
  2. Raoul Wallenberg Monument Monument or memorial
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. D'Agostino Supermarket
    1,250 feet
  2. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 places to eat and four food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Beekman Place or East 50th 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.