Lexington Avenue & East 78th Street

Lexington Avenue and East 78th 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, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Allen-Stevenson School is 130 feet away. The nearest subway, 77 St, is about a minute on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 68 places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
77 St
270 feet · 1 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
280 feet
Lexington Av/E 79 St · M98, M101, M102, M103 +1
Within a walk
27 places
9 religious buildings, 5 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lexington Avenue & East 78th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 77 St, 270 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 77 St 6
    270 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 86 St 4, 5, 6
    0.4 miles
    4 5 6
  2. 68 St-Hunter College 6
    0.5 miles
    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 79 St, 280 feet away, for the M98, M101, M102, M103 and BxM1.

  • 20 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lexington Av/E 79 St M98, M101, M102, M103 +1
    280 feet
    M98 M101 M102 M103 BxM1

Next buses at this stop

  1. M98 …
  2. M101 …
  3. M102 …
  4. M103 …
  5. BxM1 …

Live arrivals

Lexington Avenue carries a bus lane, all day on weekdays.

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on East 78th Street.

  • 71 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 77 St & 3 Ave 46 docks in all
    680 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at FDR Drive & East 78th Street, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 10 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 December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2019

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
58 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 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 41 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2015 and June 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 78th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Electric vehicle charging only 2 signs ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING ONLY
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of East 78th Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of Lexington Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 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 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-7PM SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 7AM-8:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 110642, 113345 and 113902.

Landmarks and historic districts

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

Within 820 feet are 15 Individual Landmarks, and 90 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1871 and 1916.

  1. Clarence Dillion House Designated landmark
    540 feet
  2. George and Martha Whitney House Designated landmark
    560 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 public places.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 4 listed historic places
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 public spaces
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Allen-Stevenson School Landmark
    130 feet
  2. All Souls School Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    500 feet
  3. Ramaz Upper School Landmark
    820 feet
Show all 8
  1. St Jean Baptiste High School Landmark
    960 feet
  2. Temple Israel of the City of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    960 feet
  3. Birch Wathen Lenox School
    1,080 feet
  4. Sam School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,160 feet
  5. Emet Classical Academy School
    1,230 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Kenilworth Public space
    1,030 feet
  2. Public space at Park 900 Public space
    1,050 feet

Health care

  1. Lenox Hill Hospital
    690 feet
  2. Upper East Side Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,140 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. East 78th Street Houses Listed historic place
    190 feet
  2. 133 East 80th Street Listed historic place
    680 feet
  3. Houses at 208-218 East 78th Street Listed historic place
    790 feet
Show all 6
  1. East 80th Street Houses Listed historic place
    870 feet
  2. Yorkville Library Listed historic place
    1,030 feet
  3. New York Society Library (The) Research library · listed historic place
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Unitarian Church All Soul House of worship
    500 feet
  2. St Jean Baptiste RC Church Landmark · listed historic place
    630 feet
  3. Israel Temple House of worship
    960 feet
Show all 6
  1. Church of the Resurrection House of worship
    1,160 feet
  2. Congregation or Zarua House of worship
    1,180 feet
  3. Hungarian Baptist Church House of worship
    1,280 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    690 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    890 feet
  3. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    370 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 68 places to eat and nine food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 78th 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.