Lexington Avenue & East 89th Street

Lexington Avenue and East 89th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill, Manhattan. The corner lies on the edge of the Hardenbergh/Rhinelander Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. In 2025, 525 bus-lane camera tickets were recorded here. Dalton School is 320 feet away. The nearest subway, 86 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the 4, 5 and 6. Within a five-minute walk are 34 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 71 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
740 feet · 3 min on foot · 4, 5, 6
Nearest bus stop
150 feet
Lexington Av/E 89 St · M101, M102, M103
Within a walk
34 places
9 public spaces, 7 religious buildings and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lexington Avenue & East 89th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 86 St, 740 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 86 St 4, 5, 6
    740 feet
    4 5 6

Next trains at this station

Uptown
3 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. 5 …
  3. 6 …
Downtown
3 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. 5 …
  3. 6 …

Also within a walk

  1. 96 St 6
    0.3 miles
    6
  2. 86 St Q
    0.4 miles
    Q

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Happy City” (2004) by Peter Sis at the 86 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Lexington Av/E 89 St, 150 feet away, for the M101, M102 and M103.

  • 23 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lexington Av/E 89 St M101, M102, M103 · Countdown sign
    150 feet
    M101 M102 M103
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. M101 …
  2. M102 …
  3. M103 …

Live arrivals

Lexington Avenue carries a lane DOT records as a shared lane, not a bus-only lane, all day, every day.

Cycling

  • 82 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 6 of them on-street corrals
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 89 St & 3 Ave 39 docks in all
    630 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at York Avenue & East 92nd Street, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1855 1st Avenue Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 1065 Park Avenue Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1,000 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported six crashes at this corner, fewer 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 January 2023.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2019
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, December 2024

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 525 bus-lane camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 137th most of the 174 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 3, 215 more were issued.

Every corner with bus-lane camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10128
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 8
City Council district
4 and 5 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
19
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill
Elevation
89 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 6,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 69 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 35 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2020 and July 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 89th Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of East 89th Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

East side of Lexington Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 4 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

West side of Lexington Avenue

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 109077, 111746 and 111861.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Hardenbergh/Rhinelander Historic District.

Within 820 feet are seven Individual Landmarks, and 84 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec. They were mostly built between 1885 and 1922.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 34 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Dalton School
    320 feet
  2. P.S. M169 - Robert F. Kennedy School
    610 feet
  3. The Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    680 feet
Show all 9
  1. St. Thomas Moore Play Group Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    830 feet
  2. Ramaz Lower School
    1,150 feet
  3. Horace Mann School Nursery-Kinderga School
    1,160 feet
  4. St Davids School
    1,210 feet
  5. Park Avenue Synagogue Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,260 feet
  6. The Lower and Early Childhood Center School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Ruppert Park
    1,250 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Carnegie Towers Public space
    610 feet
  2. Public space at Monarch Public space
    640 feet
  3. Public space at 200 East 90th Street Public space
    770 feet
Show all 9
  1. Public space at Park Regis Public space
    900 feet
  2. Public space at Claridge House Public space
    990 feet
  3. Public space at Carlton Park Public space
    990 feet
  4. Public space at 45 East 89th Street Public space
    1,020 feet
  5. Public space at 111 East 85th Street Public space
    1,180 feet
  6. Public space at Park Lane Towers Public space
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Houses at 146-156 East 89th Street Listed historic place
    190 feet
  2. 86th Street Subway Station (Dual System IRT) Listed historic place
    790 feet
  3. Park Avenue Historic District Listed historic place
    800 feet
Show all 5
  1. Houses at 120 and 122 East 92nd Street Listed historic place
    930 feet
  2. Apartment at 1261 Madison Avenue Listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Kaufman Concert Hall Theater or concert hall
    700 feet
  2. 92 St YM-YWHA Arts or cultural center
    710 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Immanuel Lutheran Church House of worship
    320 feet
  2. Advent Hope Church House of worship
    650 feet
  3. St Thomas More Church House of worship
    850 feet
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  1. Our Lady of Good Counsel Church House of worship
    970 feet
  2. Brick Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,100 feet
  3. Park Ave Methodist Church House of worship
    1,160 feet
  4. Park Ave Synagogue House of worship
    1,260 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Yorkville Post Office
    960 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    720 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    950 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    1,040 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    90 feet
  2. Westside Market Supermarket
    870 feet
  3. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    990 feet

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    1,040 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 71 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 89th 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.