Lexington Avenue & East 63rd Street

Lexington Avenue and East 63rd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Barbizon Hotel for Women, one of four Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 130 feet away, and Society of Illustrators is 140 feet away. The nearest subway, Lexington Av/63 St, 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, ten of them religious buildings, and 67 places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Lexington Av/63 St
50 feet · 1 min on foot · M, Q
Nearest bus stop
210 feet
Lexington Av/E 64 St · M101, M102, M103
Within a walk
34 places
10 religious buildings, 9 public spaces and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lexington Avenue & East 63rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Lexington Av/63 St, 50 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 8 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lexington Av/63 St M, Q
    50 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
    800 feet
    4 5 6 N R W
  2. 68 St-Hunter College 6
    1,310 feet
    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 64 St, 210 feet away, for the M101, M102 and M103.

  • 60 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lexington Av/E 64 St M101, M102, M103
    210 feet
    M101 M102 M103

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

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 63 St & 3 Ave 57 docks in all
    560 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
    0.3 miles
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 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.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2018
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, June 2025

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
52 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 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 39 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 6 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2019 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 63rd Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 9 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of East 63rd Street

  • No standing 8 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Lexington Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 1PM-10PM SATURDAY 9AM-10PM
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-1PM
  • 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 MONDAY-FRIDAY 7PM-MIDNIGHT SATURDAY 8AM-MIDNIGHT
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

West side of Lexington Avenue

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 1 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 5 HOUR METERED PARKING 7PM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 7AM-8:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 102437, 105266, 105267 and 106048.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are four Individual Landmarks, and 182 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec. They were mostly built between 1872 and 1905.

  1. Barbizon Hotel for Women Designated landmark
    130 feet
  2. Asia House Designated landmark
    360 feet
  3. Holy Name Society Building Designated landmark
    590 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 9 public spaces
  • 6 listed historic places
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Diki Harmony Play House Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    740 feet
  2. St Vincent Ferrer High School
    800 feet
  3. East Side Elementary School, PS 267 School
    820 feet
Show all 6
  1. Garden House School of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    900 feet
  2. Browning School
    1,060 feet
  3. Children's All Day School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,080 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Royale Public space
    550 feet
  2. Public space at Phoenix Public space
    790 feet
  3. Public space at Trump Plaza Public space
    800 feet
Show all 9
  1. Public space at Carlton Towers Public space
    820 feet
  2. Public space at Wellington Estates Public space
    940 feet
  3. Public space at Bristol Public space
    970 feet
  4. Public space at International Plaza Public space
    980 feet
  5. Public space at Plaza Tower Public space
    1,060 feet
  6. Public space at Savoy Public space
    1,180 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Barbara Rutherford Hatch House Listed historic place
    300 feet
  2. Old York Library Research library
    840 feet
  3. East 66th St., 131-135, East 67th St., 130-134, Apt. Bldgs. At Listed historic place
    1,030 feet
Show all 7
  1. Seventh Regiment Armory Listed historic place
    1,160 feet
  2. Upper East Side Historic District (Boundary Increase and Additional Documentation) Listed historic place
    1,180 feet
  3. Mount Sinai Dispensary Listed historic place
    1,190 feet
  4. Treadwell Farm Historic District Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Society of Illustrators Arts or cultural center
    140 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Rock Church House of worship
    280 feet
  2. Metropolitan Koryo United Methodist Church House of worship
    410 feet
  3. Third Church of Christ Scientist Landmark
    430 feet
Show all 9
  1. Central Presbyterian Church Landmark
    440 feet
  2. St Vincents Ferrer Church Listed historic place
    720 feet
  3. Our Lady of Peace Church House of worship
    1,020 feet
  4. Christ Church Methodist House of worship
    1,230 feet
  5. Park East Synagogue Listed historic place
    1,230 feet
  6. Congregation Edmond J Safra House of worship
    1,240 feet

Fire and police

  1. 19th Precinct Police station
    1,310 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    740 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    850 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,010 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    550 feet
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  3. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    620 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 67 places to eat and ten food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 63rd 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.