Lexington Avenue & East 62nd Street

Lexington Avenue and East 62nd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Rock Church is 200 feet away. The nearest subway, Lexington Av/63 St, is about a minute on foot, and ten subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 36 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 88 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along East 62nd Street.

Safety record
7 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Lexington Av/63 St
290 feet · 1 min on foot · M, Q
Nearest bus stop
140 feet
Lexington Av/E 62 St · M101, M102, M103
Within a walk
36 places
11 public spaces, 10 religious buildings and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lexington Avenue & East 62nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Lexington Av/63 St, 290 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 10 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lexington Av/63 St M, Q
    290 feet
    M Q

Next trains at this station

Uptown & Queens
2 lines
  1. M …
  2. Q …
Downtown
2 lines
  1. M …
  2. Q …

Also within a walk

  1. Lexington Av/59 St 4, 5, 6, N, R, W
    530 feet
    4 5 6 N R W
  2. 68 St-Hunter College 6
    0.3 miles
    6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Elevated” (2017) by Jean Shin at the Lexington Av/63 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Lexington Av/E 62 St, 140 feet away, for the M101, M102 and M103.

  • 68 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lexington Av/E 62 St M101, M102, M103 · Countdown sign
    140 feet
    M101 M102 M103
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. M101 …
  2. M102 …
  3. M103 …

Live arrivals

Lexington Avenue carries a lane DOT records as a shared lane, not a bus-only lane, all day, every day.

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on East 62nd Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 3 Ave & E 62 St 51 docks in all
    620 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at Queensboro Bridge & 2nd Avenue at East 59th Street, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 720 11th Avenue Gas station
    1.9 miles
  2. 35-39 East 61st Street Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    1,220 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 7 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 May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2015

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10065
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 8
City Council district
4
Police precinct
19
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill
Elevation
50 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 27 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 53 signs on these blocks
  • 14 different rules
  • 7 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2021 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 62nd Street

  • No stopping 7 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of East 62nd Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 8 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 8 signs 5 HOUR METERED PARKING 7PM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY CONSUL-C DIPLOMAT-A & D LICENSE PLATES D/S DECALS ONLY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Lexington Avenue

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 3 signs 1 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 10AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 3 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-7PM
  • Metered parking 3 signs 5 HOUR METERED PARKING 7PM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 3 signs 5 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7PM-MIDNIGHT SATURDAY 8AM-MIDNIGHT
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

West side of Lexington Avenue

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 3 signs 1 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 101182, 103460, 103461 and 106048.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 148 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec. They were mostly built between 1872 and 1884.

  1. Barbizon Hotel for Women Designated landmark
    200 feet
  2. Asia House Designated landmark
    550 feet
  3. The Colony Club Designated landmark
    660 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 36 public places.

  • 11 public spaces
  • 10 religious buildings
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 3 schools
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Browning School Landmark
    800 feet
  2. Children's All Day School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    820 feet
  3. Diki Harmony Play House Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,000 feet
Show all 8
  1. St Vincent Ferrer High School
    1,060 feet
  2. East Side Elementary School, PS 267 School
    1,080 feet
  3. Bridge Community Playschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,140 feet
  4. Garden House School of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,150 feet
  5. Christ Church, Methodist Episcopal, of New York City Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,300 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Trump Plaza Public space
    540 feet
  2. Public space at Wellington Estates Public space
    680 feet
  3. Public space at International Plaza Public space
    720 feet
Show all 11
  1. Public space at Plaza Tower Public space
    800 feet
  2. Public space at Royale Public space
    810 feet
  3. Public space at Savoy Public space
    920 feet
  4. Public space at Phoenix Public space
    1,050 feet
  5. Public space at Carlton Towers Public space
    1,080 feet
  6. Public space at 110 East 59th Street Public space
    1,210 feet
  7. Public space at Bristol Public space
    1,230 feet
  8. Public space at 499 Park Avenue Public space
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Barbara Rutherford Hatch House Listed historic place
    560 feet
  2. Old York Library Research library
    580 feet
  3. Treadwell Farm Historic District Listed historic place
    1,010 feet
Show all 6
  1. The Grolier Club of New York Research library
    1,160 feet
  2. 58th Street Library
    1,210 feet
  3. East 66th St., 131-135, East 67th St., 130-134, Apt. Bldgs. At Listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Society of Illustrators Arts or cultural center
    260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Rock Church House of worship
    200 feet
  2. Metropolitan Koryo United Methodist Church House of worship
    260 feet
  3. Third Church of Christ Scientist Landmark
    690 feet
Show all 8
  1. Central Presbyterian Church Landmark
    700 feet
  2. Christ Church Methodist House of worship
    970 feet
  3. St Vincents Ferrer Church Listed historic place
    980 feet
  4. Our Lady of Peace Church House of worship
    980 feet
  5. All Saints Episcopal Church House of worship
    1,270 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    480 feet
  2. Capital One Bank branch
    890 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    890 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    810 feet
  2. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    360 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 88 places to eat and 11 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 62nd 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.