Madison Avenue & East 105th Street

Madison Avenue and East 105th Street meet at a three-way junction in East Harlem (South), Manhattan, at the edge of NYCHA's Carver development. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Mae Grant Playground is 150 feet away, and El Museo del Barrio is 410 feet away. The nearest subway, 103 St, is about six minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 35 public places, ten of them schools, and eight places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
103 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
230 feet
Madison Av/E 106 St · M1, M2, M3, M4 +1
Within a walk
35 places
10 schools, 5 religious buildings and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Madison Avenue & East 105th 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. 110 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 106 St, 230 feet away, for the M1, M2, M3, M4 and M106.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Madison Av/E 106 St M1, M2, M3, M4 +1 · Shelter
    230 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

  • 20 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 106 St & Madison Ave 25 docks in all
    280 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
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2021.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2023
  • 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
18 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,300 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 1963.

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.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 20 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2019 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 105th Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 3 signs AVO DEPARTMENT OF PARKS & RECREATION MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of East 105th Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 3 signs AVO DEPARTMENT OF PARKS & RECREATION MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

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

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and five buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Romanesque Revival. They were built between 1883 and 1930.

  1. Regina Angelorum Designated landmark
    720 feet

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
    570 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 10 schools
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 park features
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 3 research libraries
  • 10 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Union Settlement Association Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    160 feet
  2. Reece School
    380 feet
  3. Central Park East High School
    580 feet
Show all 11
  1. Central Park East I School
    580 feet
  2. East Harlem Scholars Academy Charter School II School
    580 feet
  3. P.S. 171 Patrick Henry School
    620 feet
  4. Edward A. Reynolds West Side High School
    1,000 feet
  5. Cristo Rey High School
    1,010 feet
  6. P.S. 108 Assemblyman Angelo del Toro Educational Complex School
    1,100 feet
  7. Agile Learning Center School
    1,160 feet
  8. The Lexington Academy School
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Mae Grant Playground
    150 feet
  2. Conservatory Garden in Central Park Park feature
    540 feet
  3. Central Park Listed historic place
    560 feet
Show all 9
  1. Untermyer Fountain in Central Park Park feature
    760 feet
  2. Burnett Memorial Fountain in Central Park Park feature
    860 feet
  3. 103rd Street Community Garden
    1,000 feet
  4. Peter Minuit Playground
    1,090 feet
  5. Fort Clinton in Central Park Park feature
    1,140 feet
  6. Bernard Family Playground
    1,270 feet

Health care

  1. Terence Cardinal Cooke Health Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    510 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. El Museo del Barrio Museum
    410 feet
  2. Puerto Rican Cultural Heritage Library Research library
    490 feet
  3. Museum of the City of New York Museum · landmark
    810 feet
Show all 6
  1. Medical Library Ctr of New York Research library
    960 feet
  2. New York Academy of Medicine Research library
    970 feet
  3. St. Cecilia's Church and Convent Listed historic place
    1,140 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Church of the Good Neighbor House of worship
    1,070 feet
  2. St Cecilia Catholic Church House of worship
    1,110 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Lehman Community Center
    770 feet
  2. Older adult center at 55 East 102nd Street Older adult center
    1,120 feet
  3. Older adult center at 1641 Madison Avenue Older adult center
    1,310 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and 11 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 105th 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.