Lexington Avenue & East 81st Street

Lexington Avenue and East 81st Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. In 2025, 2,005 bus-lane camera tickets were recorded here. Clarence Dillion House, one of eight Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 390 feet away, and P.S. 006 Lillie D. Blake is 970 feet away. The nearest subway, 77 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places and 96 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
77 St
1,100 feet · 4 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
390 feet
Lexington Av/E 83 St · M101, M102, M103
Within a walk
26 places
7 religious buildings, 6 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lexington Avenue & East 81st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 77 St, 1,100 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 77 St 6
    1,100 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
    0.3 miles
    4 5 6
  2. 86 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 83 St, 390 feet away, for the M101, M102 and M103.

  • 23 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lexington Av/E 83 St M101, M102, M103
    390 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

  • 60 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. 3 Ave & E 82 St 43 docks in all
    510 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
    1.2 miles
  2. 113 East 84th Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2019

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 2,005 bus-lane camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 78th most of the 174 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 3, 896 more were issued.

Every corner with bus-lane camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10028
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 8
City Council district
4
Police precinct
19
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill
Elevation
79 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 5,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 89 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

North side of East 81st Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 81st Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING SATURDAY 8:30AM-7PM
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8:30AM-7PM
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of Lexington Avenue

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-7PM SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 5 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
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 4 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 7AM-8:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 111268, 111768 and 114407.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are eight Individual Landmarks, and 43 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1871 and 1927.

  1. Clarence Dillion House Designated landmark
    390 feet
  2. George and Martha Whitney House Designated landmark
    410 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 5 listed historic places
  • 4 public spaces
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 nursing home or hospice

Schools and child care

  1. All Souls School Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    350 feet
  2. Emet Classical Academy School
    400 feet
  3. Allen-Stevenson School
    960 feet
Show all 9
  1. P.S. 006 Lillie D. Blake School
    970 feet
  2. All My Children Day Care and Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,010 feet
  3. Loyola School
    1,190 feet
  4. Ramaz Middle School
    1,220 feet
  5. Ramaz Lower School
    1,230 feet
  6. The Lower and Early Childhood Center School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,260 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Kenilworth Public space
    730 feet
  2. Public space at Wimbledon Public space
    790 feet
  3. Public space at Park 900 Public space
    1,060 feet
Show all 4
  1. Public space at Evans Tower Public space
    1,260 feet

Health care

  1. Upper East Side Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,020 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 133 East 80th Street Listed historic place
    220 feet
  2. East 80th Street Houses Listed historic place
    560 feet
  3. East 78th Street Houses Listed historic place
    930 feet
Show all 5
  1. House at 49 East 80th Street Listed historic place
    1,220 feet
  2. William Schickel House Listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Unitarian Church All Soul House of worship
    350 feet
  2. Congregation or Zarua House of worship
    360 feet
  3. Hungarian Baptist Church House of worship
    920 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,080 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. D'Agostino Supermarket
    640 feet
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    750 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 96 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 81st Street or Lexington Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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.