Madison Avenue & East 106th Street

Madison Avenue and East 106th Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Harlem (South), Manhattan, at the edge of NYCHA's Carver development. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Central Park East High School is 300 feet away, and Central Park East I is 300 feet away. The nearest subway, 103 St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 38 public places, 11 of them schools, and 18 places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
103 St
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Madison Av/E 106 St · M1, M2, M3, M4 +1
Within a walk
38 places
11 schools, 4 park features and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Madison Avenue & East 106th 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 seven 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, 60 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
    60 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

A marked bike lane runs on East 106th Street.

  • 19 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 106 St & Madison Ave 25 docks in all
    70 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 16 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 foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

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 and 9 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
23
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Harlem (South)
Elevation
15 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • One of the streets is 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 corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Carver development.

Since 2014 at least 400 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 40 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2017 and April 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 106th Street

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

South side of East 106th Street

  • Ambulances only 2 signs AMBULANCE ONLY
  • Back-in parking only 2 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-1PM

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

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
    700 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
    660 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 38 public places.

  • 11 schools
  • 4 park features
  • 4 playgrounds
  • 3 gardens
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 13 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Union Settlement Association Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    120 feet
  2. Central Park East High School
    300 feet
  3. Central Park East I School
    300 feet
Show all 13
  1. East Harlem Scholars Academy Charter School II School
    300 feet
  2. Reece School
    660 feet
  3. Edward A. Reynolds West Side High School
    720 feet
  4. Cristo Rey High School
    730 feet
  5. P.S. 108 Assemblyman Angelo del Toro Educational Complex School
    820 feet
  6. Agile Learning Center School
    880 feet
  7. P.S. 171 Patrick Henry School
    910 feet
  8. Heritage School, The School
    1,090 feet
  9. Northside Ctr-Child Development Day School
    1,160 feet
  10. Friends and Family Day Care Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Mae Grant Playground
    310 feet
  2. Conservatory Garden in Central Park Park feature
    530 feet
  3. Central Park Listed historic place
    560 feet
Show all 12
  1. Untermyer Fountain in Central Park Park feature
    740 feet
  2. Peter Minuit Playground
    800 feet
  3. Fort Clinton in Central Park Park feature
    970 feet
  4. Bernard Family Playground
    990 feet
  5. Pa'lante Community Garden
    1,110 feet
  6. Burnett Memorial Fountain in Central Park Park feature
    1,140 feet
  7. White Playground
    1,140 feet
  8. Pueblo Unido Garden
    1,240 feet
  9. 103rd Street Community Garden
    1,280 feet

Health care

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. El Museo del Barrio Museum
    590 feet
  2. Puerto Rican Cultural Heritage Library Research library
    770 feet
  3. St. Cecilia's Church and Convent Listed historic place
    860 feet
Show all 6
  1. Museum of the City of New York Museum · landmark
    1,090 feet
  2. Medical Library Ctr of New York Research library
    1,250 feet
  3. New York Academy of Medicine Research library
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Church of the Good Neighbor House of worship
    790 feet
  2. St Cecilia Catholic Church House of worship
    830 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Lehman Community Center
    500 feet
  2. Older adult center at 1641 Madison Avenue Older adult center
    1,030 feet
  3. Older adult center at Lehman Village Older adult center
    1,160 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,280 feet
  2. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 106th Street or Madison 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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.