Lexington Avenue & East 53rd Street

Lexington Avenue and East 53rd Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Midtown-Turtle Bay, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Seagram Building, one of 11 Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 270 feet away. The nearest subway, Lexington Av/51-53 Sts, is about a minute on foot, and eight subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 34 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 208 places to eat. A bus lane runs along Lexington Avenue, all day.

Safety record
16 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Lexington Av/51-53 Sts
90 feet · 1 min on foot · 6, E, F
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
Lexington Av/E 53 St · M101, M102, M103, SIM6 +3
Within a walk
34 places
13 public spaces, 7 religious buildings and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lexington Avenue & East 53rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Lexington Av/51-53 Sts, 90 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 8 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lexington Av/51-53 Sts 6, E, F
    90 feet
    6 E F

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. 6 …
Downtown
3 lines
  1. 6 …
  2. E …
  3. F …
Queens
2 lines
  1. E …
  2. F …

Also within a walk

  1. 5 Av/53 St E, F
    920 feet
    E F
  2. Lexington Av/59 St 4, 5, 6, N, R, W
    0.3 miles
    4 5 6 N R W

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Passing Through” (2004) by Al Held at the Lexington Av/51-53 Sts station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Lexington Av/E 53 St, 170 feet away, for the M101, M102, M103, SIM6 and three more.

  • 75 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lexington Av/E 53 St M101, M102, M103, SIM6 +3
    170 feet
    M101 M102 M103 SIM6 SIM11 SIM22 SIM26

Next buses at this stop

  1. M101 …
  2. M102 …
  3. M103 …
  4. SIM6 …
  5. SIM11 …
  6. SIM22 …
  7. SIM26 …

Live arrivals

Lexington Avenue carries a bus lane, all day, every day.

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 53 St & Lexington Ave 57 docks in all
    90 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at Queensboro Bridge & 2nd Avenue at East 59th Street, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 720 11th Avenue Gas station
    1.4 miles
  2. 345 Park Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    1,150 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 16 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2019

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10022
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 6
City Council district
4
Police precinct
17 and 18 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Midtown-Turtle Bay
Elevation
43 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1951 and 1962.

Since 2014 at least 40 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2024 and July 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 53rd Street

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

South side of East 53rd Street

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

East side of Lexington Avenue

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 5 HOUR METERED PARKING 7PM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • For-hire vehicles only 1 sign FOR-HIRE VEHICLES ONLY PICK-UP / DROP-OFF ONLY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 102301, 103158 and 103477.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are 11 Individual Landmarks, and 12 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Byzantine, International Style and Modern. They were built between 1871 and 1978.

  1. Citicorp Center and Saint Peter's Church Designated landmark
    220 feet
  2. Seagram Building Designated landmark
    270 feet
  3. Central Synagogue Designated landmark
    450 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 34 public places.

  • 13 public spaces
  • 7 religious buildings
  • 5 listed historic places
  • 2 colleges
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Sotheby's Institute of Art - NY College
    670 feet
  2. May Family Nursery School at Central Synagogue Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    700 feet
  3. American University of Beirut College
    770 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 599 Lexington Avenue Public space
    290 feet
  2. Public space at Citigroup Center Public space
    400 feet
  3. Public space at 345 Park Avenue Public space
    570 feet
Show all 13
  1. Public space at 885 Third Avenue Public space
    740 feet
  2. Public space at 900 Third Avenue Public space
    760 feet
  3. Public space at 875 Third Avenue Public space
    790 feet
  4. Public space at 560 Lexington Avenue Public space
    830 feet
  5. Public space at Park Avenue Plaza Public space
    900 feet
  6. Public space at 40 East 52nd Street Public space
    1,080 feet
  7. Public space at 909 Third Avenue Public space
    1,160 feet
  8. Public space at 135 East 57th Street Public space
    1,260 feet
  9. Public space at Warburg Dillon Read Public space
    1,300 feet
  10. Public space at 800 Third Avenue Public space
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. General Electric Building Listed historic place
    660 feet
  2. Racquet and Tennis Club Building Listed historic place
    760 feet
  3. Lever House Listed historic place
    810 feet
Show all 6
  1. Terence Cardinal Cooke-Cathedral Library
    830 feet
  2. Greenacre Park Listed historic place
    1,220 feet
  3. Substation #42 (Dual System IRT) Listed historic place
    1,240 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Bartholomews Church Listed historic place
    900 feet
  2. Sutton Place Synagogue Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,170 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 619 Lexington Avenue Older adult center
    400 feet
  2. FDR Post Office
    920 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 8/Engine 8/Ladder 2 Fire station
    770 feet
  2. 17th Precinct Police station
    780 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    210 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    540 feet
  3. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    710 feet

Supermarkets

  1. D'Agostino Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    80 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    520 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 208 places to eat and eight food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 53rd 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.