Lexington Avenue & East 26th Street

Lexington Avenue and East 26th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Gramercy, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. It is 510 feet to the 25th Street Plaza, and School of the Future High School is 1,060 feet away. The nearest subway, 28 St, is about three minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 31 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 130 places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
28 St
680 feet · 3 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
410 feet
Lexington Av/E 28 St · M101, M102, M103, SIM6 +1
Within a walk
31 places
9 religious buildings, 7 public spaces and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lexington Avenue & East 26th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 28 St, 680 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 28 St 6
    680 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 23 St-Baruch College 6
    1,230 feet
    6
  2. 33 St 6
    0.4 miles
    6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “ROAMING UNDERFOOT” (2018) by Nancy Blum at the 28 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Lexington Av/E 28 St, 410 feet away, for the M101, M102, M103, SIM6 and SIM11.

  • 60 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lexington Av/E 28 St M101, M102, M103, SIM6 +1
    410 feet
    M101 M102 M103 SIM6 SIM11

Next buses at this stop

  1. M101 …
  2. M102 …
  3. M103 …
  4. SIM6 …
  5. SIM11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on East 26th Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lexington Ave & E 26 St 80 docks in all
    30 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at FDR Drive & East 30th Street, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1.6 miles
  2. 200 East 24th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1,180 feet
  3. West 24th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2019

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
30 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to three travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 5,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 40 signs on these blocks
  • 22 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 5 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2019 and December 2025; 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 26th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-9AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE

South side of East 26th Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-7PM
  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO BOARD OF HIGHER EDUCATION MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-9AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 103246, 103458, 105612, 105613 and 105697.

Landmarks and historic districts

Three buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Beaux-Arts, Romanesque Revival and neo-Gothic, one each, and built between 1853 and 1928.

  1. Sixty-Ninth Regiment Armory Designated landmark
    220 feet
  2. New York Life Insurance Company Building Designated landmark
    750 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 public places.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 7 public spaces
  • 6 listed historic places
  • 2 schools
  • 1 college
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Archdiocese of NY - Epiphany School Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    700 feet
  2. Baruch College Campus High School
    850 feet
  3. CUNY Bernard M. Baruch College
    950 feet
Show all 4
  1. School of the Future High School
    1,060 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Madison Square Park
    1,080 feet
  2. Police Officer Moira Ann Smith Playground
    1,200 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 50 Lexington Avenue Public space
    470 feet
  2. 25th Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    510 feet
  3. Public space at Stanford Public space
    950 feet
Show all 8
  1. Public space at New York Merchandise Mart Public space
    960 feet
  2. Public space at Ascot Public space
    1,020 feet
  3. Public space at Crystal House Public space
    1,160 feet
  4. Public space at Parc East Tower Apartments Public space
    1,260 feet
  5. Public space at Biltmore Plaza Public space
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Chester A. Arthur House Listed historic place
    630 feet
  2. George Washington Hotel Listed historic place
    650 feet
  3. 28th Street Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    960 feet
Show all 6
  1. Appellate Division Courthouse of New York State Listed historic place
    1,090 feet
  2. New York School of Applied Design Listed historic place
    1,120 feet
  3. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Complex Listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Gramercy Arts Theatre Theater or concert hall
    250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of the Scapular St Stephen Church Landmark
    700 feet
  2. Congregation Talmud Torah Adereth El House of worship
    870 feet
  3. First Moravian Church House of worship
    970 feet
Show all 5
  1. St Illuminators Armenian Apostolic Cathedral House of worship
    1,000 feet
  2. Gustauus Adolphus Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,200 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Madison Square Post Office Listed historic place
    830 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    800 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    850 feet
  3. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    1,120 feet

Supermarkets

  1. D'Agostino Supermarket
    730 feet
  2. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    740 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,020 feet
  3. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 130 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 26th Street or Lexington Avenue.

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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.