Lexington Avenue & East 74th Street

Lexington Avenue and East 74th 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, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Israel Temple is 370 feet away, and Allen-Stevenson School is 1,080 feet away. The nearest subway, 77 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 54 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
77 St
800 feet · 3 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
Lexington Av/E 74 St · M101, M102, M103
Within a walk
24 places
7 religious buildings, 6 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lexington Avenue & East 74th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 77 St, 800 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 77 St 6
    800 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
    0.3 miles
    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, 160 feet away, for the M101, M102 and M103.

  • 22 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lexington Av/E 74 St M101, M102, M103
    160 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

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 3 Ave & E 72 St 35 docks in all
    1,030 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
    1.5 miles
  2. 207 East 74th Street Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    880 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported seven 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 July 2025.

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
50 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,900 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 1922 and 1962.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 47 signs on these blocks
  • 14 different rules
  • 6 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 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 74th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of East 74th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

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

West side of Lexington Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 1PM-7PM SATURDAY 9AM-7PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 110193, 110194, 110719 and 112070.

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 192 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1879 and 1911.

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

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 public places.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 1 fire station
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Sam School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    100 feet
  2. Resurrection Episcopal Day School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    260 feet
  3. Buckley School
    390 feet
Show all 11
  1. Temple Israel of the City of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · landmark
    370 feet
  2. St Jean Baptiste High School Landmark
    590 feet
  3. The Buckley School in the City of New York School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    670 feet
  4. Allen-Stevenson School
    1,080 feet
  5. Hewitt School
    1,130 feet
  6. The Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,180 feet
  7. J.H.S. 167 Robert F. Wagner School
    1,240 feet
  8. Manhattan High School for Girls School
    1,250 feet

Health care

  1. Lenox Hill Hospital
    1,220 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. East 73rd Street Historic District Listed historic place
    520 feet
  2. East 78th Street Houses Listed historic place
    1,250 feet
  3. Whitney Museum of American Art Listed historic place
    1,270 feet
Show all 4
  1. Asia Society Museum
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Church of the Resurrection Landmark
    310 feet
  2. Israel Temple Landmark
    370 feet
  3. St Jean Baptiste RC Church Landmark · listed historic place
    500 feet
Show all 4
  1. Madison Ave Presbyterian Church House of worship
    990 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 44 Fire station
    1,150 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    390 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    490 feet
  3. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    750 feet

Supermarkets

  1. D'Agostino Supermarket
    480 feet
  2. Morton Williams Supermarket
    1,060 feet
  3. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    720 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 54 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 74th 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.