Lexington Avenue & East 77th Street

Lexington Avenue and East 77th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. St Jean Baptiste High School is 690 feet away. The nearest subway, 77 St, is about a minute on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, seven of them schools, and 59 places to eat. A bus lane runs along Lexington Avenue, all day.

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

Map

Layers
Lexington Avenue & East 77th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 77 St, 50 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 77 St 6
    50 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. 86 St 4, 5, 6
    0.5 miles
    4 5 6

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, 150 feet away, for the M101, M102 and M103.

  • 17 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lexington Av/E 77 St M101, M102, M103
    150 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

A marked bike lane runs on East 77th Street.

  • 70 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 77 St & 3 Ave 46 docks in all
    420 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
    540 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 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2019
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, July 2023

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10075
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 8
City Council district
4
Police precinct
19
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill
Elevation
57 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 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2015 and July 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Friday 8:30am to 4pm, 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Friday 4pm 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 1pm, 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Friday 1pm to 7pm, 2 hour passenger vehicles Saturday 9am to 7pm on Lexington Avenue (west side).

North side of East 77th Street

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

South side of East 77th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Ambulettes only 3 signs AMBULETTE ONLY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

East side of Lexington Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-7PM SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING SATURDAY 9AM-7PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 109800, 109886, 110642, 111103, 111104 and 113902.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are 14 Individual Landmarks, and 114 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec. They were mostly built between 1877 and 1917.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Allen-Stevenson School Landmark
    290 feet
  2. St Jean Baptiste High School Landmark
    690 feet
  3. Temple Israel of the City of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · landmark
    700 feet
Show all 11
  1. All Souls School Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    770 feet
  2. Birch Wathen Lenox School
    810 feet
  3. Sam School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    900 feet
  4. Ramaz Upper School Landmark
    920 feet
  5. Resurrection Episcopal Day School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,060 feet
  6. J.H.S. 167 Robert F. Wagner School
    1,180 feet
  7. Buckley School
    1,180 feet
  8. Hewitt School
    1,220 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Kenilworth Public space
    1,300 feet

Health care

  1. Lenox Hill Hospital
    430 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. East 78th Street Houses Listed historic place
    460 feet
  2. Houses at 208-218 East 78th Street Listed historic place
    900 feet
  3. 133 East 80th Street Listed historic place
    940 feet
Show all 6
  1. East 80th Street Houses Listed historic place
    1,130 feet
  2. Yorkville Library Listed historic place
    1,300 feet
  3. East 73rd Street Historic District Listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Jean Baptiste RC Church Landmark · listed historic place
    360 feet
  2. Israel Temple Landmark
    700 feet
  3. Unitarian Church All Soul House of worship
    770 feet
Show all 4
  1. Church of the Resurrection Landmark
    900 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 44 Fire station
    1,240 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    430 feet
  2. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    1,020 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. D'Agostino Supermarket
    360 feet
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    750 feet
  3. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    110 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 59 places to eat and eight food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 77th 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.