Lexington Avenue & East 76th Street

Lexington Avenue and East 76th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. St Jean Baptiste RC Church is 170 feet away. The nearest subway, 77 St, is about a minute on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, seven of them schools, and 60 places to eat. A bus lane runs along Lexington Avenue, all day.

Safety record
2 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
77 St
280 feet · 1 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Lexington Av/E 77 St · M101, M102, M103
Within a walk
25 places
7 schools, 6 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lexington Avenue & East 76th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 77 St, 280 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 77 St 6
    280 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
    0.4 miles
    6
  2. 72 St Q
    0.4 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 77 St, 110 feet away, for the M101, M102 and M103.

  • 22 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lexington Av/E 77 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

  • 69 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. E 76 St & Park Ave 28 docks in all
    590 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at FDR Drive & East 78th Street, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1855 1st Avenue Gas station
    1.4 miles
  2. 155 East 76th Street Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    280 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2019
  • Turn calming, June 2021

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
56 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 35 signs on these blocks
  • 19 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 5 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2018 and April 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 3 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Friday 8:30am to 1pm, 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Friday 1pm to 7pm, 2 hour passenger vehicles Saturday 9am to 7pm on Lexington Avenue (west side), and as 3 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Friday 8:30am to 7pm, 2 hour passenger vehicles Saturday 9am to 7pm on Lexington Avenue (west side).

North side of East 76th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Doctor plates only 1 sign DOCTOR LICENSE PLATES ONLY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY

South side of East 76th Street

  • Doctor plates only 2 signs DOCTOR LICENSE PLATES ONLY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Lexington Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-7PM SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 109800, 111050, 111104, 111105 and 111141.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are 13 Individual Landmarks, and 147 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Federal and neo-Grec. They were mostly built between 1877 and 1916.

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

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

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

Schools and child care

  1. St Jean Baptiste High School Landmark
    430 feet
  2. Temple Israel of the City of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · landmark
    430 feet
  3. Allen-Stevenson School Landmark
    550 feet
Show all 12
  1. Sam School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    630 feet
  2. Resurrection Episcopal Day School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    790 feet
  3. Birch Wathen Lenox School
    920 feet
  4. J.H.S. 167 Robert F. Wagner School
    920 feet
  5. Buckley School
    920 feet
  6. Hewitt School
    950 feet
  7. All Souls School Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,030 feet
  8. Ramaz Upper School
    1,190 feet
  9. The Buckley School in the City of New York School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,200 feet

Health care

  1. Lenox Hill Hospital
    690 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. East 78th Street Houses Listed historic place
    720 feet
  2. East 73rd Street Historic District Listed historic place
    1,040 feet
  3. Houses at 208-218 East 78th Street Listed historic place
    1,160 feet
Show all 5
  1. 133 East 80th Street Listed historic place
    1,210 feet
  2. Whitney Museum of American Art Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Jean Baptiste RC Church Landmark · listed historic place
    170 feet
  2. Israel Temple Landmark
    430 feet
  3. Church of the Resurrection Landmark
    640 feet
Show all 4
  1. Unitarian Church All Soul House of worship
    1,030 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 44 Fire station
    980 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    160 feet
  2. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    750 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    1,010 feet

Supermarkets

  1. D'Agostino Supermarket
    100 feet
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    1,020 feet
  3. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    190 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 60 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 76th 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.