Lexington Avenue & East 65th Street

Lexington Avenue and East 65th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill, Manhattan. The corner lies on the edge of the Upper East Side Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The Priory of St. Vincent Ferrer, one of ten Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 110 feet away. The nearest subway, Lexington Av/63 St, is about two minutes on foot, for the M and Q. Within a five-minute walk are 29 public places and 64 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Lexington Av/63 St
520 feet · 2 min on foot · M, Q
Nearest bus stop
310 feet
Lexington Av/E 64 St · M101, M102, M103
Within a walk
29 places
8 listed historic places, 7 religious buildings and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lexington Avenue & East 65th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Lexington Av/63 St, 520 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 8 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lexington Av/63 St M, Q
    520 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. 68 St-Hunter College 6
    790 feet
    6
  2. Lexington Av/59 St 4, 5, 6, N, R, W
    1,320 feet
    4 5 6 N R W

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, 310 feet away, for the M101, M102 and M103.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M101 …
  2. M102 …
  3. M103 …

Live arrivals

Lexington Avenue carries a bus lane, all day on weekdays.

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 67 St & Park Ave 44 docks in all
    960 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at Queensboro Bridge & 2nd Avenue at East 59th Street, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1855 1st Avenue Gas station
    1.9 miles
  2. 200 East 65th Street Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    730 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 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.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2019
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, March 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
56 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 80 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
  • 14 different rules
  • 8 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2019 and May 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 65th Street

  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 65th Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 7 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY CONSUL & DIPLOMAT LICENSE PLATES 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY DELIVERY DECAL REQUIRED

East side of Lexington Avenue

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

West side of Lexington Avenue

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8:30AM-4PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 101521, 101733, 104839 and 106150.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Upper East Side Historic District.

Within 820 feet are ten Individual Landmarks, and 174 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec. They were mostly built between 1874 and 1909.

  1. The Priory of St. Vincent Ferrer Designated landmark
    110 feet
  2. Holy Name Society Building Designated landmark
    140 feet
  3. Cosmopolitan Club Designated landmark
    240 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Diki Harmony Play House Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    220 feet
  2. St Vincent Ferrer High School Landmark
    280 feet
  3. Rabbi Arthur Schneier Park East Day School
    1,000 feet
Show all 6
  1. Park East Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,120 feet
  2. CUNY Hunter College
    1,140 feet
  3. New York Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,230 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Phoenix Public space
    530 feet
  2. Public space at Royale Public space
    790 feet
  3. Public space at Bristol Public space
    800 feet
Show all 5
  1. Public space at Carlton Towers Public space
    930 feet
  2. Public space at Concorde Public space
    1,150 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. East 66th St., 131-135, East 67th St., 130-134, Apt. Bldgs. At Listed historic place
    510 feet
  2. Seventh Regiment Armory Listed historic place
    640 feet
  3. Barbizon Hotel for Women Listed historic place
    650 feet
Show all 8
  1. Upper East Side Historic District (Boundary Increase and Additional Documentation) Listed historic place
    660 feet
  2. Barbara Rutherford Hatch House Listed historic place
    660 feet
  3. Mount Sinai Dispensary Listed historic place
    670 feet
  4. Sara Delano Roosevelt Memorial House Listed historic place
    820 feet
  5. Building at 45 East 66th Street Listed historic place
    1,280 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Society of Illustrators Arts or cultural center
    590 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Vincents Ferrer Church Landmark · listed historic place
    220 feet
  2. Central Presbyterian Church House of worship
    660 feet
  3. Park East Synagogue Listed historic place
    710 feet
Show all 6
  1. Rock Church House of worship
    760 feet
  2. Third Church of Christ Scientist House of worship
    860 feet
  3. Metropolitan Koryo United Methodist Church House of worship
    930 feet

Fire and police

  1. 19th Precinct Police station
    780 feet
  2. Engine 39/Ladder 16 Fire station
    870 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    490 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    550 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    760 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    980 feet
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    590 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 64 places to eat and nine food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 65th 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.