Madison Avenue & East 104th Street

Madison Avenue and East 104th 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 Paul Rivera Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Reece School is 280 feet away, and Puerto Rican Cultural Heritage Library is 500 feet away. The nearest subway, 103 St, is about five minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 35 public places and 15 places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
103 St
1,270 feet · 5 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Madison Av/E 104 St · M1, M2, M3, M4 +1
Within a walk
35 places
8 religious buildings, 8 schools and 13 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Madison Avenue & East 104th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 103 St, 1,270 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. 103 St 6
    1,270 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 110 St 6
    0.5 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 104 St, 50 feet away, for the M1, M2, M3, M4 and M106.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Madison Av/E 104 St M1, M2, M3, M4 +1 · Shelter
    50 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

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 106 St & Madison Ave 25 docks in all
    540 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1599 Lexington Avenue Gas station
    0.3 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 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2019

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
18 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Paul Rivera Way, a co-naming enacted on January 17, 2026 (Local Law 48 of 2026).

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,200 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 1954 and 1974.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Paul Rivera Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 40 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 104th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of East 104th Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of Madison Avenue

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Madison Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

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
    600 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 35 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Reece School
    280 feet
  2. P.S. 171 Patrick Henry School
    360 feet
  3. Union Settlement Association Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    420 feet
Show all 10
  1. Central Park East High School
    840 feet
  2. Central Park East I School
    840 feet
  3. East Harlem Scholars Academy Charter School II School
    840 feet
  4. The Lexington Academy School
    940 feet
  5. Cristo Rey High School
    1,150 feet
  6. Mt Sinai School of Medicine College
    1,170 feet
  7. Edward A. Reynolds West Side High School
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Mae Grant Playground
    170 feet
  2. Central Park Listed historic place
    590 feet
  3. Conservatory Garden in Central Park Park feature
    650 feet
Show all 7
  1. Burnett Memorial Fountain in Central Park Park feature
    720 feet
  2. 103rd Street Community Garden
    740 feet
  3. Untermyer Fountain in Central Park Park feature
    980 feet
  4. East Meadow in Central Park Park feature
    1,060 feet

Health care

  1. Terence Cardinal Cooke Health Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    770 feet
  2. Mount Sinai Hospital
    1,170 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Puerto Rican Cultural Heritage Library Research library
    500 feet
  2. El Museo del Barrio Museum
    530 feet
  3. Museum of the City of New York Museum · landmark
    550 feet
Show all 6
  1. Medical Library Ctr of New York Research library
    700 feet
  2. New York Academy of Medicine Research library
    710 feet
  3. St. Cecilia's Church and Convent Listed historic place
    1,210 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St George & St Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church House of worship
    1,070 feet
  2. St Cecilia Catholic Church House of worship
    1,110 feet
  3. Church of the Good Neighbor House of worship
    1,200 feet
Show all 4
  1. Living Hope Church House of worship
    1,220 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 55 East 102nd Street Older adult center
    850 feet
  2. Lehman Community Center
    1,040 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    1,210 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 104th 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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.