Lexington Avenue & East 23rd Street

Lexington Avenue and East 23rd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Gramercy, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 19 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. In 2025, 147 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. CUNY Bernard M. Baruch College is 160 feet away, and Epiphany Library is 990 feet away. The nearest subway, 23 St-Baruch College, is about two minutes on foot, and ten subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 32 public places, nine of them listed historic places, and 129 places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
19 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
23 St-Baruch College
440 feet · 2 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
90 feet
E 23 St/Lexington Av · QM63, QM64, QM68
Within a walk
32 places
9 listed historic places, 5 schools and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lexington Avenue & East 23rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 23 St-Baruch College, 440 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 10 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 23 St-Baruch College 6
    440 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. 6 …
Downtown
1 line
  1. 6 …

Also within a walk

  1. 23 St R, W
    0.3 miles
    R W
  2. 28 St 6
    0.3 miles
    6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Long Division” (1988) by Valerie Jaudon at the 23 St-Baruch College station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 23 St/Lexington Av, 90 feet away, for the QM63, QM64 and QM68.

  • 44 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 23 St/Lexington Av QM63, QM64, QM68 · Shelter
    90 feet
    QM63 QM64 QM68
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. QM63 …
  2. QM64 …
  3. QM68 …

Live arrivals

East 23rd Street carries a bus lane, all day, every day.

Cycling

  • 142 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lexington Ave & E 24 St 79 docks in all
    330 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at FDR Drive & East 30th Street, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1.5 miles
  2. 200 East 24th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    940 feet
  3. West 24th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 19 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2019
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, June 2022
  • Turn calming, February 2023

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 147 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,692nd most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 127 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10010
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 5
City Council district
2
Police precinct
13
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gramercy
Elevation
28 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 4,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 28 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 40 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 38 signs on these blocks
  • 17 different rules
  • 9 active meters
  • 6 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2023 and September 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on Lexington Avenue (west side).

North side of East 23rd Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of East 23rd Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 4 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Lexington Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 102440, 102588, 103100, 103896, 106287 and 106463.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and 15 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were mostly built between 1846 and 1909.

  1. Russell Sage Foundation Building and Annex Designated landmark
    360 feet
  2. Church Missions House / now Protestant Welfare Agencies Building Designated landmark
    540 feet
  3. Calvary House Designated landmark
    550 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 public places.

  • 9 listed historic places
  • 5 schools
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 public spaces
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. CUNY Bernard M. Baruch College
    160 feet
  2. School of the Future High School
    270 feet
  3. Nord Anglia International School, New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    530 feet
Show all 9
  1. Ecole Internationale de New York School
    650 feet
  2. School of Visual Arts College
    830 feet
  3. New York Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    900 feet
  4. 47 the American Sign Language and English Secondary School
    1,080 feet
  5. The 47 American Sign Language & English Lower School
    1,080 feet
  6. Baruch College Campus High School
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Madison Square Park
    1,090 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 50 Lexington Avenue Public space
    430 feet
  2. 25th Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    780 feet
  3. Public space at Crystal House Public space
    790 feet
Show all 4
  1. Public space at Madison Green Public space
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. George Washington Hotel Listed historic place
    210 feet
  2. Building at 304 Park Avenue South Listed historic place
    680 feet
  3. United Charities Building Complex Listed historic place
    730 feet
Show all 10
  1. 69th Regiment Armory Listed historic place
    770 feet
  2. Epiphany Library
    990 feet
  3. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Complex Listed historic place
    1,060 feet
  4. Samuel J. Tilden House Listed historic place
    1,150 feet
  5. Players, The Listed historic place
    1,150 feet
  6. Gramercy Park Historic District Listed historic place
    1,250 feet
  7. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Gramercy Arts Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,040 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Gustauus Adolphus Lutheran Church House of worship
    410 feet
  2. Calvary St George Episcopal Church Landmark
    850 feet
  3. Brotherhood Synagogue Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    950 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Madison Square Post Office Listed historic place
    280 feet
  2. Stein Senior Center Older adult center
    710 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    90 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    560 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    840 feet
  2. D'Agostino Supermarket
    1,150 feet
  3. Westside Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    570 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    730 feet
  3. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 129 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 23rd Street or Lexington Avenue.

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