Madison Avenue & East 103rd Street

Madison Avenue and East 103rd Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Harlem (South), Manhattan, at the edge of NYCHA's Carver development. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. P.S. 171 Patrick Henry is 370 feet away, and Lehman Community Center is 1,300 feet away. The nearest subway, 103 St, is about six minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 32 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and eight places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
103 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Madison Av/E 102 St · M1, M2, M3, M4 +1
Within a walk
32 places
8 religious buildings, 6 schools and 12 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Madison Avenue & East 103rd 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 …

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 102 St, 110 feet away, for the M1, M2, M3, M4 and M106.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Madison Av/E 102 St M1, M2, M3, M4 +1 · Shelter
    110 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

  • 39 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 5 Ave & E 103 St 39 docks in all
    510 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

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
20 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,500 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 1930 and 1954.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 14 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2019 and August 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 103rd Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of East 103rd Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Madison Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 110691.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Georgian Colonial, and built between 1928 and 1930.

Monuments and public art

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

  1. Vanderbilt Gates Ornamental gates, 1939
    730 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 4 park features
  • 3 research libraries
  • 2 museums
  • 9 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 171 Patrick Henry School
    370 feet
  2. Reece School
    540 feet
  3. Union Settlement Association Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    680 feet
Show all 8
  1. Mt Sinai School of Medicine College
    910 feet
  2. Central Park East High School
    1,100 feet
  3. Central Park East I School
    1,100 feet
  4. East Harlem Scholars Academy Charter School II School
    1,100 feet
  5. The Lexington Academy School
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Mae Grant Playground
    430 feet
  2. Central Park Listed historic place
    560 feet
  3. East Meadow in Central Park Park feature
    800 feet
Show all 7
  1. Conservatory Garden in Central Park Park feature
    820 feet
  2. Burnett Memorial Fountain in Central Park Park feature
    830 feet
  3. 103rd Street Community Garden
    1,000 feet
  4. Untermyer Fountain in Central Park Park feature
    1,240 feet

Health care

  1. Mount Sinai Hospital
    910 feet
  2. Terence Cardinal Cooke Health Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,040 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Medical Library Ctr of New York Research library
    440 feet
  2. New York Academy of Medicine Research library
    440 feet
  3. Museum of the City of New York Museum · landmark
    540 feet
Show all 5
  1. Puerto Rican Cultural Heritage Library Research library
    750 feet
  2. El Museo del Barrio Museum
    790 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St George & St Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church House of worship
    1,260 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 55 East 102nd Street Older adult center
    590 feet
  2. Lehman Community Center
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and seven food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 103rd 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, NYCHA, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.