East 51st Street & Beekman Place

East 51st Street and Beekman Place meet at a three-way junction 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. Peter Detmold Park is 190 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 eight public places and 26 places to eat. About 5,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1931 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
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · 6, E, F
Nearest bus stop
810 feet
1 Av/Mitchell Pl · M15, M15 SBS
Within a walk
8 places
2 public spaces, 1 listed historic place and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 51st Street & Beekman Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Lexington Av/51-53 Sts, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. Lexington Av/51-53 Sts 6, E, F
    0.4 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, 810 feet away, for the M15 and M15 SBS.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M15 …
  2. M15 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 47 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 51 St & 1 Ave 35 docks in all
    500 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at 1st Avenue, 0.5 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
    630 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 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 2022.

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
43 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 5,200 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 1931 and 1965.

Since 2014 at least 23 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 135 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 18 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

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

East side of Beekman Place

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

North side of East 51st Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY CONSUL-C DIPLOMAT-A & D LICENSE PLATES D/S DECALS ONLY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 10AM-11:30AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 51st Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 10AM-11:30AM

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
    540 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 public spaces
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park
  • 1 recreation center
  • 1 religious building
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Business English Alliance Trade or language school
    290 feet
  2. Children's Academy School
    1,090 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Peter Detmold Park
    190 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Revere Public space
    1,240 feet
  2. Public space at Rivercourt Public space
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Public School 35 Listed historic place
    580 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Recreation Center 54 Recreation center
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. D'Agostino Supermarket
    990 feet
  2. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,280 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 places to eat and six food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Beekman Place or East 51st 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.