Madison Avenue & East 101st Street

Madison Avenue and East 101st Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Harlem (South), Manhattan, at the edge of NYCHA's Carver development. The corner is also named John William Perry Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 42 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Mount Sinai Hospital is 390 feet away, and St Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church is 1,050 feet away. The nearest subway, 103 St, is about six minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 28 public places and 19 places to eat.

Safety record
13 hurt
42 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
103 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Madison Av/E 101 St · M1, M2, M3, M4 +1
Within a walk
28 places
9 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Madison Avenue & East 101st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 103 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. 103 St 6
    0.3 miles
    6

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 96 St 6
    0.4 miles
    6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Neo-Boriken” (1990) by Nitza Tufiño at the 103 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Madison Av/E 101 St, 40 feet away, for the M1, M2, M3, M4 and M106.

  • 17 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Madison Av/E 101 St M1, M2, M3, M4 +1 · Shelter
    40 feet
    M1 M2 M3 M4 M106
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M1 …
  2. M2 …
  3. M3 …
  4. M4 …
  5. M106 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 55 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Madison Ave & E 99 St 15 docks in all
    400 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 1599 Lexington Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 1425 Madison Avenue Charging for electric cars, 32 Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 42 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 13 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, March 2024
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10029
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 11
City Council district
8
Police precinct
23
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Harlem (South)
Elevation
37 feet above sea level

This corner is also named John William Perry Way, a co-naming enacted on August 13, 2025 (Local Law 121 of 2025).

The streets

  • Up to three travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,800 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 1926 and 1954.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Carver development.

Trees

NYC Parks records 29 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on John William Perry Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 22 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2019 and November 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 10pm on Madison Avenue (east side).

North side of East 101st Street

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 101st Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7PM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Doctor plates only 3 signs DOCTOR LICENSE PLATES ONLY 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Madison Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 8 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 109903, 113740 and 114648.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and three buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1925 and 1930.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 public places.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 research libraries
  • 3 schools
  • 2 gardens
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Mt Sinai School of Medicine College
    390 feet
  2. P.S. 171 Patrick Henry School
    890 feet
  3. Reece School
    1,070 feet
Show all 7
  1. St Bernard's School
    1,140 feet
  2. St. Bernard's Kindergarten School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,200 feet
  3. Union Settlement Association Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,210 feet
  4. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. East Meadow in Central Park Park feature
    530 feet
  2. Central Park Listed historic place
    580 feet
  3. Robert Bendheim Playground
    840 feet
Show all 6
  1. Mae Grant Playground
    950 feet
  2. Serenity Garden - Lexington Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    1,130 feet
  3. 103rd Street Community Garden
    1,230 feet

Health care

  1. Mount Sinai Hospital
    390 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Medical Library Ctr of New York Research library
    610 feet
  2. New York Academy of Medicine Research library
    970 feet
  3. Museum of the City of New York Museum · landmark
    1,060 feet
Show all 4
  1. Puerto Rican Cultural Heritage Library Research library
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church House of worship
    1,050 feet
  2. St George & St Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church House of worship
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 55 East 102nd Street Older adult center
    590 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and six food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 101st Street or Madison Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Records, NYCHA, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.