Lexington Avenue & East 73rd Street

Lexington Avenue and East 73rd 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, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. A designated landmark, 167 East 73rd Street Carriage House, stands 250 feet away. The nearest subway, 77 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 56 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
77 St
1,070 feet · 4 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Lexington Av/E 74 St · M101, M102, M103
Within a walk
21 places
8 religious buildings, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lexington Avenue & East 73rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 77 St, 1,070 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 77 St 6
    1,070 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 68 St-Hunter College 6
    1,270 feet
    6
  2. 72 St Q
    0.3 miles
    Q

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “4 Seasons Seasoned” (2004) by Robert Kushner at the 77 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Lexington Av/E 74 St, 110 feet away, for the M101, M102 and M103.

  • 22 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lexington Av/E 74 St M101, M102, M103
    110 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

  • 57 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
    760 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at East 70th Street, 0.8 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
    730 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 five crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2024.

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
64 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 5,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 71 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
  • 16 different rules
  • 7 active meters
  • 6 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2020 and February 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 73rd Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY CONSUL-C DIPLOMAT-A & D LICENSE PLATES D/S DECALS ONLY
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-5PM

South side of East 73rd Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of Lexington Avenue

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

West side of Lexington Avenue

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8:30AM-4PM
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 1PM-7PM SATURDAY 9AM-7PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 110719, 112670, 112973, 113110, 113111 and 114119.

Landmarks and historic districts

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

Within 820 feet are 16 Individual Landmarks, and 241 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1877 and 1911.

  1. 167 East 73rd Street Carriage House Designated landmark
    250 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 2 public spaces
  • 1 college
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Sam School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    360 feet
  2. Buckley School
    380 feet
  3. Resurrection Episcopal Day School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    520 feet
Show all 9
  1. Temple Israel of the City of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · landmark
    630 feet
  2. St Jean Baptiste High School Landmark
    860 feet
  3. The Buckley School in the City of New York School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    940 feet
  4. Manhattan High School for Girls School
    990 feet
  5. The Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,130 feet
  6. NY School of Interior Design College
    1,170 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 733 Park Avenue Public space
    1,050 feet
  2. Public space at 220 East 72nd Street Public space
    1,240 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. East 73rd Street Historic District Listed historic place
    250 feet
  2. Asia Society Museum
    1,010 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Church of the Resurrection Landmark
    450 feet
  2. Israel Temple Landmark
    630 feet
  3. St Jean Baptiste RC Church Landmark · listed historic place
    760 feet
Show all 5
  1. Madison Ave Presbyterian Church House of worship
    960 feet
  2. St James Church House of worship
    1,250 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    220 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    650 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    780 feet

Supermarkets

  1. D'Agostino Supermarket
    740 feet
  2. Morton Williams Supermarket
    790 feet
  3. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    980 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  3. 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 56 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 73rd 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.