Lexington Avenue & East 93rd Street

Lexington Avenue and East 93rd 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, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Kaufman Concert Hall is 360 feet away, and Spence School at 93rd is 950 feet away. The nearest subway, 96 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 30 public places, seven of them schools, and 49 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
96 St
770 feet · 3 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
200 feet
Lexington Av/E 94 St · M101, M102, M103
Within a walk
30 places
7 schools, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lexington Avenue & East 93rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 96 St, 770 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 96 St 6
    770 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

The Bronx
1 line
  1. 6 …
Downtown
1 line
  1. 6 …

Also within a walk

  1. 96 St Q
    0.3 miles
    Q
  2. 86 St 4, 5, 6
    0.3 miles
    4 5 6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “City Suite” (1994) by Laura Bradley at the 96 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Lexington Av/E 94 St, 200 feet away, for the M101, M102 and M103.

  • 22 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lexington Av/E 94 St M101, M102, M103 · Countdown sign
    200 feet
    M101 M102 M103
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. M101 …
  2. M102 …
  3. M103 …

Live arrivals

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

Cycling

  • 54 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 95 St & 3 Ave 31 docks in all
    830 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at York Avenue & East 92nd Street, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1855 1st Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 230 East 92nd Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1,200 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2019
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, January 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10128
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 8
City Council district
5
Police precinct
19
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill
Elevation
91 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

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

Since 2014 at least 21 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 76 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
  • 10 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2020 and February 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 93rd Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of East 93rd Street

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of Lexington Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-7PM SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 1PM-7PM SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-1PM

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: 111062, 114280 and 114453.

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 is one Individual Landmark, and 145 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec. They were mostly built between 1884 and 1908.

  1. Garage Wing Designated landmark
    720 feet
  2. Brick Presbyterian Church School and Parish House Designated landmark
    780 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
    560 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. The Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    370 feet
  2. Windward School - NYC School
    810 feet
  3. Spence School at 93rd School
    950 feet
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  1. Hunter College Campus Schools School
    1,010 feet
  2. District 2 Pre-K Center at 1683 Third Avenue Pre-K center
    1,020 feet
  3. P.S. 198 Isidor E. Ida Straus School
    1,020 feet
  4. P.S. 77 Lower Lab School
    1,020 feet
  5. Vivvi 12 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,050 feet
  6. The Brick Presbyterian Church in the City of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,090 feet
  7. Cathedral High School
    1,170 feet
  8. Bright Horizon's at East 92nd Street Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,250 feet
  9. Dalton School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Samuel Seabury Playground
    560 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Highgate Public space
    790 feet
  2. Public space at The Easton Public space
    810 feet
  3. Public space at Carnegie Hill Tower Public space
    1,280 feet
Show all 4
  1. Public space at Normandie Court Public space
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Houses at 120 and 122 East 92nd Street Listed historic place
    560 feet
  2. George F. Baker Jr. and Sr. Residences Listed historic place
    690 feet
  3. Mrs. Graham Fair Vanderbilt House Listed historic place
    880 feet
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  1. 96th Street Library
    950 feet
  2. William Goadby Loew House Listed historic place
    950 feet
  3. Houses at 146-156 East 89th Street Listed historic place
    1,230 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

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

Houses of worship

  1. Orach Chaim Congregation House of worship
    400 feet
  2. St Francis de Sales RC Church House of worship
    930 feet
  3. Brick Presbyterian Church Landmark
    980 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Yorkville Post Office
    1,140 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,240 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Westside Market Supermarket
    240 feet
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    790 feet
  3. Gristedes Supermarket
    1,040 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,010 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 49 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 93rd 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.