Lexington Avenue & East 95th Street

Lexington Avenue and East 95th 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, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Samuel Seabury Playground is 40 feet away. The nearest subway, 96 St, is about a minute on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 31 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 49 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
96 St
250 feet · 1 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Lexington Av/E 96 St · M98, M101, M102, M103 +1
Within a walk
31 places
7 religious buildings, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lexington Avenue & East 95th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 96 St, 250 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 96 St 6
    250 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
    1,280 feet
    Q
  2. 103 St 6
    0.4 miles
    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 96 St, 110 feet away, for the M98, M101, M102, M103 and BxM1.

  • 20 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lexington Av/E 96 St M98, M101, M102, M103 +1
    110 feet
    M98 M101 M102 M103 BxM1

Next buses at this stop

  1. M98 …
  2. M101 …
  3. M102 …
  4. M103 …
  5. BxM1 …

Live arrivals

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

Cycling

  • 40 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 95 St & 3 Ave 31 docks in all
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive northbound at East 96th Street, 0.6 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
    910 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported five 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 May 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2019
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, April 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
80 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 93 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 36 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2018 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 95th Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of East 95th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of Lexington Avenue

  • Ambulances only 1 sign AMBULANCE ONLY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-9AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

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 zone: 111636.

Landmarks and historic districts

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

Within 820 feet, 76 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec, and mostly built between 1882 and 1892.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 198 Isidor E. Ida Straus School
    500 feet
  2. P.S. 77 Lower Lab School
    500 feet
  3. Vivvi 12 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    520 feet
Show all 10
  1. Cathedral High School
    650 feet
  2. District 2 Pre-K Center at 1683 Third Avenue Pre-K center
    720 feet
  3. Hunter College Campus Schools School
    830 feet
  4. The Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    890 feet
  5. Playgarden Madison Prep Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,160 feet
  6. Lexington Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,170 feet
  7. Islamic Cultural Center School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Samuel Seabury Playground
    40 feet
  2. Serenity Garden - Lexington Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    1,190 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Highgate Public space
    530 feet
  2. Public space at Normandie Court Public space
    770 feet
  3. Public space at Monterey Public space
    790 feet
Show all 4
  1. Public space at Carnegie Hill Tower Public space
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 96th Street Library
    430 feet
  2. Houses at 120 and 122 East 92nd Street Listed historic place
    1,080 feet
  3. Madison Avenue Facade of the Squadron a Armory Listed historic place
    1,100 feet
Show all 4
  1. George F. Baker Jr. and Sr. Residences Listed historic place
    1,110 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

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

Houses of worship

  1. Orach Chaim Congregation House of worship
    140 feet
  2. St Francis de Sales RC Church House of worship
    400 feet
  3. Ramakrishna Vivekananda Center House of worship
    1,300 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Washington Community center
    1,300 feet
  2. Community center at Lexington Community center
    1,300 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    780 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    270 feet
  2. Westside Market Supermarket
    760 feet
  3. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    560 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 49 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 95th 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 Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.