East 51st Street & East 51st Street Pedestrian Overpass

East 51st Street and East 51st Street Pedestrian Overpass meet at a three-way junction in East Midtown-Turtle Bay, Manhattan. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Panhellenic Tower (now Beekman Tower Hotel), one of two Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 620 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 five public places and 16 places to eat. About 4,500 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest subway
Lexington Av/51-53 Sts
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · 6, E, F
Nearest bus stop
920 feet
1 Av/Mitchell Pl · M15, M15 SBS
Within a walk
5 places
1 listed historic place, 1 park and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

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East 51st Street & East 51st Street Pedestrian Overpass 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, 920 feet away, for the M15 and M15 SBS.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M15 …
  2. M15 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 39 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
    610 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
    740 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

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

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 4,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 129 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

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
    620 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Business English Alliance Trade or language school
    410 feet
  2. Children's Academy School
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Peter Detmold Park
    70 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Public School 35 Listed historic place
    690 feet

Supermarkets

  1. D'Agostino Supermarket
    1,100 feet
  2. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and four 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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 51st Street or East 51st Street Pedestrian Overpass.

Sources: MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYPD, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.