Lexington Avenue & East 91st Street

Lexington Avenue and East 91st Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill, Manhattan. The corner lies on the edge of the Expanded Carnegie Hill Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Kaufman Concert Hall is 180 feet away, and James Cagney Plaza is 870 feet away. The nearest subway, 86 St, is about five minutes on foot, for the 4, 5 and 6. Within a five-minute walk are 32 public places and 63 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
1,270 feet · 5 min on foot · 4, 5, 6
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Lexington Av/E 92 St · M101, M102, M103
Within a walk
32 places
7 religious buildings, 5 listed historic places and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lexington Avenue & East 91st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 86 St, 1,270 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 86 St 4, 5, 6
    1,270 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
    1,300 feet
    6
  2. 96 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 92 St, 100 feet away, for the M101, M102 and M103.

  • 21 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lexington Av/E 92 St M101, M102, M103
    100 feet
    M101 M102 M103

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

A marked bike lane runs on East 91st Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 91 St & Park Ave 35 docks in all
    650 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at York Avenue & East 92nd Street, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1855 1st Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 245 East 90th Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1,170 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2019

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
88 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. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1922 and 1962.

Trees

NYC Parks records 66 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 39 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2024 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 91st Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of East 91st Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

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
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Lexington Avenue

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 109885 and 110070.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Expanded Carnegie Hill Historic District.

Within 820 feet are seven Individual Landmarks, and 123 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec. They were mostly built between 1885 and 1923.

  1. Brick Presbyterian Church School and Parish House Designated landmark
    740 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Park Avenue Malls.

  1. Night Presence IV Sculpture by Louise Nevelson, 1973
    600 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. The Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    160 feet
  2. Dalton School
    840 feet
  3. Windward School - NYC School
    1,080 feet
Show all 8
  1. The Brick Presbyterian Church in the City of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,090 feet
  2. P.S. M169 - Robert F. Kennedy School
    1,140 feet
  3. Horace Mann School Nursery-Kinderga School
    1,160 feet
  4. Spence School
    1,210 feet
  5. Bright Horizon's at East 92nd Street Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Ruppert Park
    960 feet
  2. Ruppert Park Playground
    1,030 feet
  3. Samuel Seabury Playground
    1,090 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. James Cagney Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    870 feet
  2. Public space at 200 East 90th Street Public space
    930 feet
  3. Public space at The Easton Public space
    1,080 feet
Show all 6
  1. Public space at Carnegie Towers Public space
    1,140 feet
  2. Public space at Monarch Public space
    1,160 feet
  3. Public space at 45 East 89th Street Public space
    1,230 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Houses at 120 and 122 East 92nd Street Listed historic place
    400 feet
  2. Houses at 146-156 East 89th Street Listed historic place
    710 feet
  3. George F. Baker Jr. and Sr. Residences Listed historic place
    1,200 feet
Show all 5
  1. Mrs. Graham Fair Vanderbilt House Listed historic place
    1,250 feet
  2. Apartment at 1261 Madison Avenue Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

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

Houses of worship

  1. Brick Presbyterian Church Landmark
    640 feet
  2. Immanuel Lutheran Church House of worship
    850 feet
  3. Orach Chaim Congregation House of worship
    920 feet
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  1. Our Lady of Good Counsel Church House of worship
    1,010 feet
  2. St Thomas More Church House of worship
    1,150 feet
  3. Advent Hope Church House of worship
    1,180 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Yorkville Post Office
    650 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    720 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    1,050 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Westside Market Supermarket
    350 feet
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    520 feet
  3. Food Universe Supermarket
    1,320 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    490 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 63 places to eat and 18 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 91st 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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.