Lexington Avenue & East 79th Street

Lexington Avenue and East 79th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Clarence Dillion House, one of 15 Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 300 feet away. The nearest subway, 77 St, is about two minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 68 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
77 St
550 feet · 2 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Lexington Av/E 79 St · M98, M101, M102, M103 +1
Within a walk
25 places
7 religious buildings, 5 listed historic places and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lexington Avenue & East 79th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 77 St, 550 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 77 St 6
    550 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. 86 St Q
    0.5 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 79 St, 40 feet away, for the M98, M101, M102, M103 and BxM1.

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

Next buses at this stop

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

Live arrivals

East 79th Street carries a lane DOT records as a shared lane, not a bus-only lane, 7am to 7pm on Monday to Saturday.

Cycling

  • 68 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 4 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
    960 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at FDR Drive & East 78th Street, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1855 1st Avenue Gas station
    1.2 miles
  2. 101 East 78th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    980 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 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 8 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 November 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, December 2017

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
61 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 5,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 77 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
  • 16 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 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 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).

North side of East 79th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-5PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 79th Street

  • Loading only 2 signs LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Lexington Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-7PM SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 3 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 109914 and 113053.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are 15 Individual Landmarks, and 72 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1870 and 1923.

  1. Clarence Dillion House Designated landmark
    300 feet
  2. George and Martha Whitney House Designated landmark
    330 feet
  3. George Rives Residence Designated landmark
    770 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

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

Schools and child care

  1. All Souls School Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    230 feet
  2. Allen-Stevenson School Landmark
    410 feet
  3. Emet Classical Academy School
    950 feet
Show all 6
  1. Ramaz Upper School
    1,100 feet
  2. St Jean Baptiste High School
    1,240 feet
  3. Temple Israel of the City of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,250 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Kenilworth Public space
    750 feet
  2. Public space at Park 900 Public space
    770 feet

Health care

  1. Upper East Side Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    860 feet
  2. Lenox Hill Hospital
    970 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. East 78th Street Houses Listed historic place
    380 feet
  2. 133 East 80th Street Listed historic place
    390 feet
  3. East 80th Street Houses Listed historic place
    580 feet
Show all 7
  1. Yorkville Library Listed historic place
    940 feet
  2. New York Society Library (The) Research library · listed historic place
    960 feet
  3. Houses at 208-218 East 78th Street Listed historic place
    1,080 feet
  4. House at 49 East 80th Street Listed historic place
    1,240 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Unitarian Church All Soul House of worship
    230 feet
  2. Congregation or Zarua House of worship
    900 feet
  3. St Jean Baptiste RC Church Listed historic place
    910 feet
Show all 6
  1. Hungarian Baptist Church House of worship
    990 feet
  2. Temple Shaaray Tefila Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,180 feet
  3. Israel Temple House of worship
    1,250 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    600 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    970 feet
  3. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    1,160 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    880 feet
  2. D'Agostino Supermarket
    920 feet
  3. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    660 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 68 places to eat and ten food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 79th 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.