Lexington Avenue & East 72nd Street

Lexington Avenue and East 72nd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Buckley School is 660 feet away. The nearest subway, 68 St-Hunter College, is about four minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 42 places to eat. A bus lane runs along Lexington Avenue, all day.

Safety record
5 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
68 St-Hunter College
980 feet · 4 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Lexington Av/E 72 St · M98, M101, M102, M103
Within a walk
25 places
7 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lexington Avenue & East 72nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 68 St-Hunter College, 980 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 68 St-Hunter College 6
    980 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
    1,270 feet
    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, 60 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
    60 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

  • 58 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 72 St 35 docks in all
    530 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
    1.6 miles
  2. 135 East 71st Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    440 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 eight crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 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, June 2019

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
66 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 5,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 75 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2021 and April 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 72nd Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 72nd Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY CONSUL-C DIPLOMAT-A & D LICENSE PLATES D/S DECALS ONLY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Lexington Avenue

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-10PM SATURDAY 9AM-10PM
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-10PM SATURDAY 9AM-10PM
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

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: 103077, 106186 and 113110.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are 15 Individual Landmarks, and 264 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1872 and 1911.

  1. 167 East 73rd Street Carriage House Designated landmark
    440 feet
  2. The Union Club of New York Designated landmark
    790 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Sam School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    650 feet
  2. Buckley School
    660 feet
  3. Manhattan High School for Girls School
    700 feet
Show all 10
  1. Resurrection Episcopal Day School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    810 feet
  2. NY School of Interior Design College
    890 feet
  3. Temple Israel of the City of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · landmark
    920 feet
  4. St Jean Baptiste High School
    1,140 feet
  5. Marymount Manhattan College
    1,180 feet
  6. CUNY Hunter College
    1,220 feet
  7. The Buckley School in the City of New York School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,220 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 733 Park Avenue Public space
    770 feet
  2. Public space at 220 East 72nd Street Public space
    960 feet
  3. Public space at 211 East 70th Street Public space
    1,140 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. East 73rd Street Historic District Listed historic place
    540 feet
  2. Asia Society Museum · landmark
    730 feet
  3. Gertrude Rhinelander Waldo Mansion Listed historic place
    1,060 feet
Show all 4
  1. Upper East Side Historic District (Boundary Increase and Additional Documentation) Listed historic place
    1,210 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Church of the Resurrection Landmark
    730 feet
  2. Israel Temple Landmark
    920 feet
  3. St James Church House of worship
    960 feet
Show all 5
  1. St Jean Baptiste RC Church Listed historic place
    1,050 feet
  2. Madison Ave Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,090 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Lenox Hill Post Office Listed historic place
    1,240 feet

Bank branches

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

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    600 feet
  2. D'Agostino Supermarket
    1,030 feet
  3. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,270 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    1,320 feet
  3. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    1,150 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 42 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 72nd 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.