Lexington Avenue & East 66th Street

Lexington Avenue and East 66th 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, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. In 2025, 2,594 bus-lane camera tickets were recorded here. A designated landmark, 131-135 East 66th Street Apartment House, stands 110 feet away. The nearest subway, 68 St-Hunter College, is about two minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 37 public places and 67 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
68 St-Hunter College
530 feet · 2 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
380 feet
E 67 St/Lexington Av · M66
Within a walk
37 places
9 listed historic places, 8 religious buildings and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lexington Avenue & East 66th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 68 St-Hunter College, 530 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 8 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 68 St-Hunter College 6
    530 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. 6 …
Downtown
1 line
  1. 6 …

Also within a walk

  1. Lexington Av/63 St M, Q
    780 feet
    M Q
  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 “Tempestuous Terrain; Liminal Location” (2024) by Lisa Corinne Davis at the 68 St-Hunter College station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 67 St/Lexington Av, 380 feet away, for the M66.

  • 38 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 67 St/Lexington Av M66 · Countdown sign
    380 feet
    M66
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. M66 …

Live arrivals

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

Cycling

  • 63 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. E 67 St & Park Ave 44 docks in all
    700 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. 1855 1st Avenue Gas station
    2 miles
  2. 200 East 65th Street Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    990 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 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2019
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, January 2025

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 2,594 bus-lane camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 71st most of the 174 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 3, 1,023 more were issued.

Every corner with bus-lane camera tickets

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
65 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 69 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese pagoda tree and the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2018 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 66th Street

  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 66th Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 8 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of Lexington Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-10PM SATURDAY 9AM-10PM
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY CONSUL & DIPLOMAT LICENSE PLATES 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY DELIVERY DECAL REQUIRED
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY CONSUL-C DIPLOMAT-A & D LICENSE PLATES D/S DECALS ONLY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Lexington Avenue

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 101733, 104838 and 104839.

Landmarks and historic districts

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

Within 820 feet are nine Individual Landmarks, and 157 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Federal and neo-Grec. They were mostly built between 1876 and 1912.

  1. 131-135 East 66th Street Apartment House Designated landmark
    110 feet
  2. Cosmopolitan Club Designated landmark
    180 feet
  3. The Priory of St. Vincent Ferrer Designated landmark
    190 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 37 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Diki Harmony Play House Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    40 feet
  2. St Vincent Ferrer High School
    540 feet
  3. Rabbi Arthur Schneier Park East Day School
    740 feet
Show all 10
  1. Park East Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    860 feet
  2. CUNY Hunter College
    880 feet
  3. New York Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    970 feet
  4. Manhattan High School for Girls School
    1,100 feet
  5. Dominican Academy School
    1,190 feet
  6. The Children's Learning Center at Hunter College Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,220 feet
  7. NY School of Interior Design College
    1,230 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Phoenix Public space
    790 feet
  2. Public space at Bristol Public space
    1,050 feet
  3. Public space at Royale Public space
    1,060 feet
Show all 5
  1. Public space at Carlton Towers Public space
    1,180 feet
  2. Public space at 265 East 66th Street Public space
    1,260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. East 66th St., 131-135, East 67th St., 130-134, Apt. Bldgs. At Listed historic place
    250 feet
  2. Seventh Regiment Armory Listed historic place
    370 feet
  3. Upper East Side Historic District (Boundary Increase and Additional Documentation) Listed historic place
    400 feet
Show all 9
  1. Mount Sinai Dispensary Listed historic place
    410 feet
  2. Barbizon Hotel for Women Listed historic place
    910 feet
  3. Sara Delano Roosevelt Memorial House Listed historic place
    910 feet
  4. Barbara Rutherford Hatch House Listed historic place
    920 feet
  5. Building at 45 East 66th Street Listed historic place
    1,020 feet
  6. Building at 210 East 68th Street Listed historic place
    1,110 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Society of Illustrators Arts or cultural center
    850 feet
  2. Americas Society Art Gallery Arts or cultural center
    1,090 feet
  3. Italian Cultural Institute Arts or cultural center · listed historic place
    1,150 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Vincents Ferrer Church Landmark · listed historic place
    130 feet
  2. Park East Synagogue Listed historic place
    450 feet
  3. Central Presbyterian Church House of worship
    930 feet
Show all 6
  1. Rock Church House of worship
    1,030 feet
  2. Third Church of Christ Scientist House of worship
    1,120 feet
  3. Metropolitan Koryo United Methodist Church House of worship
    1,190 feet

Fire and police

  1. 19th Precinct Police station
    520 feet
  2. Engine 39/Ladder 16 Fire station
    610 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    750 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    780 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    1,010 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    1,240 feet
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. D'Agostino Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    780 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 66th Street or Lexington Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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.