East 55th Street & Sutton Place South

East 55th Street and Sutton Place South meet at a four-way crossing in East Midtown-Turtle Bay, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Sutton Place Park is 470 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Sutton Pl/E 55 St, is 50 feet away for the M57, and 21 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, four of them parks, and 13 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along one of the streets meeting here.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Queensboro Bridge
0.4 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Sutton Pl/E 55 St · M57
Within a walk
16 places
8 public spaces, 4 parks and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 55th Street & Sutton Place South Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Sutton Pl/E 55 St, 50 feet away, for the M57.

  • 21 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sutton Pl/E 55 St M57 · Countdown sign
    50 feet
    M57
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. M57 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on East 55th Street and Sutton Place South.

  • 39 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 54 St & 1 Ave 41 docks in all
    920 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at 1st Avenue, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 720 11th Avenue Gas station
    2 miles
  2. 25 Sutton Place South Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    270 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash 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 February 2022.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, November 2019

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
27 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 6,300 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 1931 and 1969.

Trees

NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2023 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 55th Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 4 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 10AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING 8AM-10AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of East 55th Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 5 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Sutton Place South

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 10A M-11:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Sutton Place South

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 10AM-11:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 105949 and 106061.

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Sutton Place Park.

  1. Boar Statue by Pietro Tacca, 1972
    570 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 public spaces
  • 4 parks
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 recreation center

Schools and child care

  1. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    670 feet
  2. The Montessori School of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,100 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sutton Parks Park
    140 feet
  2. East River Walk Park
    470 feet
  3. Sutton Place Park
    470 feet
Show all 4
  1. Queensboro Oval Park
    1,140 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at St. James Tower Public space
    500 feet
  2. Public space at Plaza 400 Public space
    600 feet
  3. Public space at River Tower Public space
    750 feet
Show all 8
  1. Public space at Rivercourt Public space
    910 feet
  2. Public space at Revere Public space
    930 feet
  3. Public space at New Yorker East Public space
    1,220 feet
  4. Public space at Sovereign Public space
    1,230 feet
  5. Public space at Morrison Public space
    1,260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Sutton Place Historic District Listed historic place
    850 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Recreation Center 54 Recreation center
    1,090 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    770 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    1,090 feet
  2. D'Agostino Supermarket
    1,180 feet
  3. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and six food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 55th Street or Sutton Place South.

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