Lexington Avenue & East 27th Street

Lexington Avenue and East 27th 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. Gramercy Arts Theatre is 150 feet away, and CUNY Bernard M. Baruch College is 1,200 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 26 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 155 places to eat.

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

Map

Layers
Lexington Avenue & East 27th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 28 St, 670 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 28 St 6
    670 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
    0.3 miles
    6
  2. 33 St 6
    0.3 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, 150 feet away, for the M101, M102, M103, SIM6 and SIM11.

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

Next buses at this stop

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

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lexington Ave & E 26 St 80 docks in all
    230 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. 466 10th Avenue Gas station
    1.6 miles
  2. 200 East 24th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. West 24th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 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.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2019

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10016
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 5
City Council district
2
Police precinct
13
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gramercy
Elevation
32 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 5,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 15 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2018 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 27th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 6PM-10PM SATURDAY 8AM-10PM
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 3 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-6PM
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 27th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-10PM SATURDAY 9AM-10PM
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 4 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-6PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Lexington Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 101586, 105613 and 105614.

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
    430 feet
  2. New York Life Insurance Company Building Designated landmark
    760 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 6 public spaces
  • 5 listed historic places
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 college
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Archdiocese of NY - Epiphany School Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    440 feet
  2. Baruch College Campus High School
    1,100 feet
  3. CUNY Bernard M. Baruch College
    1,200 feet
Show all 4
  1. Rose Hill Montessori Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,300 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 50 Lexington Avenue Public space
    730 feet
  2. 25th Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    760 feet
  3. Public space at Ascot Public space
    770 feet
Show all 7
  1. Public space at Biltmore Plaza Public space
    1,030 feet
  2. Public space at Parc East Tower Apartments Public space
    1,200 feet
  3. Public space at Stanford Public space
    1,210 feet
  4. Public space at New York Merchandise Mart Public space
    1,220 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Chester A. Arthur House Listed historic place
    370 feet
  2. 28th Street Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    700 feet
  3. New York School of Applied Design Listed historic place
    870 feet
Show all 5
  1. George Washington Hotel Listed historic place
    910 feet
  2. House at 203 East 29th Street Listed historic place
    1,170 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Gramercy Arts Theatre Theater or concert hall
    150 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of the Scapular St Stephen Church Landmark
    440 feet
  2. Congregation Talmud Torah Adereth El House of worship
    620 feet
  3. First Moravian Church House of worship
    720 feet
Show all 4
  1. St Illuminators Armenian Apostolic Cathedral House of worship
    840 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Madison Square Post Office Listed historic place
    1,090 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    590 feet
  2. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    870 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,060 feet

Supermarkets

  1. D'Agostino Supermarket
    980 feet
  2. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    1,220 feet
  3. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    490 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    760 feet
  3. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 155 places to eat and 15 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 27th Street or Lexington Avenue.

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