Lexington Avenue & East 34th Street

Lexington Avenue and East 34th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Murray Hill-Kips Bay, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 29 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Murray Hill Post Office is 190 feet away, and Devry College of New York is 1,170 feet away. The nearest subway, 33 St, is about three minutes on foot, and 13 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 47 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and 97 places to eat.

Safety record
14 hurt
29 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
33 St
700 feet · 3 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
80 feet
Lexington Av/E 34 St · M101, M102, M103, BxM1
Within a walk
47 places
13 public spaces, 11 religious buildings and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lexington Avenue & East 34th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 33 St, 700 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 13 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 33 St 6
    700 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
    0.4 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, 80 feet away, for the M101, M102, M103 and BxM1.

  • 76 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lexington Av/E 34 St M101, M102, M103, BxM1
    80 feet
    M101 M102 M103 BxM1

Next buses at this stop

  1. M101 …
  2. M102 …
  3. M103 …
  4. BxM1 …

Live arrivals

East 34th Street carries a bus lane, 7am to 7pm on weekdays.

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lexington Ave & E 36 St 23 docks in all
    510 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at FDR Drive & East 34th Street, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 466 10th Avenue Gas station
    1.3 miles
  2. 300 East 34th Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 29 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, November 2016
  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2019

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10016
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 6
City Council district
4
Police precinct
14 and 17 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Murray Hill-Kips Bay
Elevation
43 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 8,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 62 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 38 signs on these blocks
  • 20 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

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

Meters are posted as 3 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Friday 1pm to 7pm, 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Friday 7pm to 10pm, 2 hour passenger vehicles Saturday 9am to 10pm on Lexington Avenue (west side).

North side of East 34th Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY US POSTAL SERVICE 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7PM-MIDNIGHT ALL DAYS
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 34th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING SATURDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

East side of Lexington Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7PM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 101161, 103106 and 106255.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 77 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1855 and 1864.

  1. The Church of the New Jerusalem Designated landmark
    300 feet
  2. 2 Park Avenue Building Designated landmark
    790 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 47 public places.

  • 13 public spaces
  • 11 religious buildings
  • 10 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
    470 feet
  2. Murray Hill Academy School
    470 feet
  3. Wee Ones Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    670 feet
Show all 11
  1. Success Academy Charter High School of Liberal Arts (BX) School
    470 feet
  2. Success Academy Charter High School of the Liberal Arts School
    470 feet
  3. Unity Center for Urban Technologies School
    470 feet
  4. NYU Langone Health Child Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    940 feet
  5. Noble Desktop Trade or language school
    1,020 feet
  6. Herard Center of Technology Trade or language school
    1,020 feet
  7. P.S. 116 Mary Lindley Murray School
    1,150 feet
  8. Devry College of New York College
    1,170 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 243 Lexington Avenue Public space
    140 feet
  2. Public space at Dumont Plaza Public space
    210 feet
  3. Public space at Murray Hill House Public space
    230 feet
Show all 13
  1. Public space at Murray Hill Public space
    280 feet
  2. Public space at Three Park Avenue Public space
    470 feet
  3. Public space at 166 East 34th Street Public space
    570 feet
  4. Public space at Carlton Regency Public space
    670 feet
  5. Public space at Carlton Regency North Public space
    830 feet
  6. Public space at Windsor Court Public space
    870 feet
  7. Public space at 475 Park Avenue South Public space
    1,020 feet
  8. Public space at Laurence Tower Public space
    1,040 feet
  9. Public space at 172 Madison Avenue Public space
    1,310 feet
  10. Public space at Future Public space
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. James F.D. Lanier Residence Listed historic place
    470 feet
  2. Sidewalk Clock at 519 3rd Avenue, Manhattan Listed historic place
    750 feet
  3. 33rd Street Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    780 feet
Show all 11
  1. Sniffen Court Historic District Listed historic place
    920 feet
  2. Murray Hill Historic District Listed historic place
    970 feet
  3. Murray Hill Historic District (Boundary Expansion) Listed historic place
    1,040 feet
  4. New York School of Applied Design Listed historic place
    1,080 feet
  5. Civic Club Listed historic place
    1,180 feet
  6. House at 146 East 38th Street Listed historic place
    1,180 feet
  7. Thomas B. Clarke Residence (Collectors Club Building) Listed historic place
    1,210 feet
  8. Kips Bay Library
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Armenian Evangelical Church House of worship
    270 feet
  2. Incarnation Church Episcopal Listed historic place
    1,060 feet
  3. First Moravian Church House of worship
    1,120 feet
Show all 5
  1. Our Saviour Church House of worship
    1,230 feet
  2. Congregation Talmud Torah Adereth El House of worship
    1,280 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Murray Hill Post Office
    190 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    90 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    950 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    950 feet

Supermarkets

  1. D'Agostino Supermarket
    510 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    1,300 feet
  3. Fairway Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    360 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    840 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 97 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 34th 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.