Lexington Avenue & East 94th Street

Lexington Avenue and East 94th 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, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Orach Chaim Congregation is 140 feet away, and Ramakrishna Vivekananda Center is 1,210 feet away. The nearest subway, 96 St, is about two minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 30 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 44 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
96 St
510 feet · 2 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
Lexington Av/E 94 St · M101, M102, M103
Within a walk
30 places
7 religious buildings, 6 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lexington Avenue & East 94th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 96 St, 510 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 96 St 6
    510 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
    1,250 feet
    Q
  2. 86 St 4, 5, 6
    0.4 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, 70 feet away, for the M101, M102 and M103.

  • 21 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lexington Av/E 94 St M101, M102, M103 · Countdown sign
    70 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

  • 39 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 95 St & 3 Ave 31 docks in all
    570 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive northbound at East 96th Street, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1855 1st Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 182 East 95th Street Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    650 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.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 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
5
Police precinct
19
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill
Elevation
87 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.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 86 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

North side of East 94th Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of East 94th Street

  • No parking 8 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, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM
  • Ambulances only 1 sign AMBULANCE ONLY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-9AM

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: 109626 and 111062.

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 124 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec. They were mostly built between 1882 and 1892.

  1. Garage Wing Designated landmark
    730 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
    710 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

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

Schools and child care

  1. The Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    630 feet
  2. Hunter College Campus Schools School
    750 feet
  3. District 2 Pre-K Center at 1683 Third Avenue Pre-K center
    750 feet
Show all 9
  1. P.S. 198 Isidor E. Ida Straus School
    760 feet
  2. P.S. 77 Lower Lab School
    760 feet
  3. Vivvi 12 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    780 feet
  4. Cathedral High School
    910 feet
  5. Windward School - NYC School
    1,070 feet
  6. Spence School at 93rd School
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Samuel Seabury Playground
    300 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Highgate Public space
    530 feet
  2. Public space at Carnegie Hill Tower Public space
    1,020 feet
  3. Public space at Normandie Court Public space
    1,030 feet
Show all 5
  1. Public space at Monterey Public space
    1,050 feet
  2. Public space at The Easton Public space
    1,070 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 96th Street Library
    690 feet
  2. Houses at 120 and 122 East 92nd Street Listed historic place
    820 feet
  3. George F. Baker Jr. and Sr. Residences Listed historic place
    840 feet
Show all 6
  1. Madison Avenue Facade of the Squadron a Armory Listed historic place
    1,100 feet
  2. Mrs. Graham Fair Vanderbilt House Listed historic place
    1,140 feet
  3. William Goadby Loew House Listed historic place
    1,210 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

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

Houses of worship

  1. Orach Chaim Congregation House of worship
    140 feet
  2. St Francis de Sales RC Church House of worship
    670 feet
  3. Ramakrishna Vivekananda Center House of worship
    1,210 feet
Show all 4
  1. Brick Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,240 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,040 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Westside Market Supermarket
    500 feet
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    530 feet
  3. Gristedes Supermarket
    1,310 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    820 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 44 places to eat and 16 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 94th 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.