Lexington Avenue & East 71st Street

Lexington Avenue and East 71st Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill, Manhattan. The corner lies inside the Upper East Side Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Asia Society is 440 feet away, and the 19th Precinct is 1,150 feet away. The nearest subway, 68 St-Hunter College, is about three minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 34 public places, six of them day care or pre-K sites, and 40 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
68 St-Hunter College
700 feet · 3 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
250 feet
Lexington Av/E 72 St · M98, M101, M102, M103
Within a walk
34 places
6 day care or pre-K sites, 6 listed historic places and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lexington Avenue & East 71st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 68 St-Hunter College, 700 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 72 St Q
    0.3 miles
    Q
  2. 77 St 6
    0.3 miles
    6

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 Lexington Av/E 72 St, 250 feet away, for the M98, M101, M102 and M103.

  • 22 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lexington Av/E 72 St M98, M101, M102, M103 · Shelter
    250 feet
    M98 M101 M102 M103
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M98 …
  2. M101 …
  3. M102 …
  4. M103 …

Live arrivals

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

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on East 71st Street.

  • 68 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. 3 Ave & E 71 St 47 docks in all
    610 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at East 70th Street, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1855 1st Avenue Gas station
    1.7 miles
  2. 135 East 71st Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    160 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, December 2016
  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2019
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, February 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10021
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 8
City Council district
4
Police precinct
19
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill
Elevation
77 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 5,400 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 1927 and 1966.

Trees

NYC Parks records 77 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
  • 10 different rules
  • 8 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2024 and October 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 71st Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of East 71st Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

East side of Lexington Avenue

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM
  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-10PM SATURDAY 9AM-10PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Lexington Avenue

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8:30AM-4PM
  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-10PM SATURDAY 9AM-10PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 7AM-8:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 102673, 103078, 106352 and 106891.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Upper East Side Historic District.

Within 820 feet are 16 Individual Landmarks, and 238 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1871 and 1912.

  1. The Union Club of New York Designated landmark
    550 feet
  2. 167 East 73rd Street Carriage House Designated landmark
    700 feet
  3. National Society of Colonial Dames in the State of New York Head* Designated landmark
    810 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

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

Schools and child care

  1. Manhattan High School for Girls School
    420 feet
  2. NY School of Interior Design College
    600 feet
  3. Marymount Manhattan College
    900 feet
Show all 12
  1. Sam School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    930 feet
  2. CUNY Hunter College Landmark
    940 feet
  3. Buckley School
    950 feet
  4. Resurrection Episcopal Day School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,100 feet
  5. The Children's Learning Center at Hunter College Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · landmark
    1,110 feet
  6. Park East Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,120 feet
  7. Rabbi Arthur Schneier Park East Day School
    1,130 feet
  8. Temple Israel of the City of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,200 feet
  9. The Episcopal School in the City of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,250 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 733 Park Avenue Public space
    480 feet
  2. Public space at 211 East 70th Street Public space
    860 feet
  3. Public space at 220 East 72nd Street Public space
    930 feet
Show all 4
  1. Public space at Trump Palace Public space
    1,190 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Asia Society Museum · landmark
    440 feet
  2. East 73rd Street Historic District Listed historic place
    820 feet
  3. Upper East Side Historic District (Boundary Increase and Additional Documentation) Listed historic place
    930 feet
Show all 7
  1. Mount Sinai Dispensary Listed historic place
    1,040 feet
  2. Upper East Side Historic District Listed historic place
    1,150 feet
  3. East 66th St., 131-135, East 67th St., 130-134, Apt. Bldgs. At Listed historic place
    1,220 feet
  4. Gertrude Rhinelander Waldo Mansion Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Italian Cultural Institute Arts or cultural center · listed historic place
    1,150 feet
  2. Americas Society Art Gallery Arts or cultural center
    1,230 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St James Church House of worship
    930 feet
  2. Church of the Resurrection House of worship
    1,020 feet
  3. Park East Synagogue Listed historic place
    1,170 feet
Show all 4
  1. Israel Temple House of worship
    1,200 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Lenox Hill Post Office Listed historic place
    960 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 39/Ladder 16 Fire station
    1,150 feet
  2. 19th Precinct Police station
    1,150 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    400 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    540 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    780 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    880 feet
  2. D'Agostino Supermarket
    1,320 feet
  3. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  3. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    870 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 40 places to eat and seven food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 71st 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.