Lexington Avenue & East 33rd Street

Lexington Avenue and East 33rd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Murray Hill-Kips Bay, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Armenian Evangelical Church is 340 feet away. The nearest subway, 33 St, is about two minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 44 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 114 places to eat. A bus lane runs along Lexington Avenue, 7am to 1pm.

Safety record
7 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
33 St
420 feet · 2 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
Lexington Av/E 34 St · SIM6, SIM11
Within a walk
44 places
14 public spaces, 10 religious buildings and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lexington Avenue & East 33rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 33 St, 420 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 33 St 6
    420 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 28 St 6
    0.3 miles
    6
  2. Grand Central-42 St 4, 5, 6, 7, S
    0.4 miles
    4 5 6 7 S

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Lariat Seat Loops” (1997) by James Garvey at the 33 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Lexington Av/E 34 St, 70 feet away, for the SIM6 and SIM11.

  • 76 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lexington Av/E 34 St SIM6, SIM11
    70 feet
    SIM6 SIM11

Next buses at this stop

  1. SIM6 …
  2. SIM11 …

Live arrivals

Lexington Avenue carries a bus lane, 7am to 1pm on weekdays.

Cycling

  • 56 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. E 33 St & Park Ave 72 docks in all
    610 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at FDR Drive & East 34th Street, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 466 10th Avenue Gas station
    1.4 miles
  2. 251 East 32nd Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. West 24th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, December 2018
  • 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 and 4 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
14 and 17 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Murray Hill-Kips Bay
Elevation
34 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 7,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 41 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules
  • 9 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2016 and December 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 33rd Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 7 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 33rd Street

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 4 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 10AM-11:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of Lexington Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Lexington Avenue

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 1PM-7PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 1PM-7PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 101783, 103107, 106115 and 107366.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and 49 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1854 and 1864.

  1. The Church of the New Jerusalem Designated landmark
    530 feet
  2. 2 Park Avenue Building Designated landmark
    690 feet
  3. New York School of Applied Design for Women Designated landmark
    720 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 44 public places.

  • 14 public spaces
  • 10 religious buildings
  • 7 listed historic places
  • 6 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Manhattan Academy for Arts & Language School
    450 feet
  2. Murray Hill Academy School
    450 feet
  3. NYU Langone Health Child Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    660 feet
Show all 11
  1. Success Academy Charter High School of Liberal Arts (BX) School
    450 feet
  2. Success Academy Charter High School of the Liberal Arts School
    450 feet
  3. Unity Center for Urban Technologies School
    450 feet
  4. Herard Center of Technology Trade or language school
    740 feet
  5. P.S. 116 Mary Lindley Murray School
    870 feet
  6. Wee Ones Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    950 feet
  7. Noble Desktop Trade or language school
    1,290 feet
  8. Devry College of New York College
    1,300 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Dumont Plaza Public space
    350 feet
  2. Public space at 243 Lexington Avenue Public space
    420 feet
  3. Public space at Three Park Avenue Public space
    450 feet
Show all 14
  1. Public space at Murray Hill House Public space
    510 feet
  2. Public space at 166 East 34th Street Public space
    540 feet
  3. Public space at Murray Hill Public space
    560 feet
  4. Public space at Windsor Court Public space
    590 feet
  5. Public space at 475 Park Avenue South Public space
    740 feet
  6. Public space at Laurence Tower Public space
    760 feet
  7. Public space at Carlton Regency Public space
    940 feet
  8. Public space at Future Public space
    1,030 feet
  9. Public space at Carlton Regency North Public space
    1,110 feet
  10. Public space at 172 Madison Avenue Public space
    1,140 feet
  11. Public space at Biltmore Plaza Public space
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 33rd Street Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    520 feet
  2. James F.D. Lanier Residence Listed historic place
    750 feet
  3. Kips Bay Library
    970 feet
Show all 8
  1. Sidewalk Clock at 519 3rd Avenue, Manhattan Listed historic place
    1,030 feet
  2. Sniffen Court Historic District Listed historic place
    1,190 feet
  3. Old Grolier Club Listed historic place
    1,210 feet
  4. Murray Hill Historic District Listed historic place
    1,250 feet
  5. Chester A. Arthur House Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Armenian Evangelical Church House of worship
    340 feet
  2. First Moravian Church House of worship
    840 feet
  3. Congregation Talmud Torah Adereth El House of worship
    1,000 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Murray Hill Post Office
    410 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    370 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    680 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    680 feet

Supermarkets

  1. D'Agostino Supermarket
    790 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    1,020 feet
  3. Fairway Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    640 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    1,120 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 114 places to eat and 15 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 33rd 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, 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.