Madison Avenue & East 108th Street

Madison Avenue and East 108th Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Harlem (South), Manhattan, at the edge of NYCHA's Lehman Village development. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Peter Minuit Playground is 260 feet away, and Church of the Good Neighbor is 1,120 feet away. The nearest subway, 110 St, is about six minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 40 public places, ten of them schools, and 12 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
110 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
140 feet
Madison Av/E 107 St · M1, M2, M3, M4
Within a walk
40 places
10 schools, 6 gardens and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Madison Avenue & East 108th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 110 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 110 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-Malcolm X Plaza 2, 3
    0.4 miles
    2 3
  2. 103 St 6
    0.4 miles
    6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Sábado en la Ciento Diez (Saturday on 110th Street)” (1996) by Manuel Vega at the 110 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Madison Av/E 107 St, 140 feet away, for the M1, M2, M3 and M4.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Madison Av/E 107 St M1, M2, M3, M4 · Shelter
    140 feet
    M1 M2 M3 M4
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

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

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 15 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
    610 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 14 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
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 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 and 9 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
23
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Harlem (South)
Elevation
13 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,000 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 Lehman Village development.

Since 2014 at least 415 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2017 and March 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 108th Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of East 108th Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Madison Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Madison Avenue

  • No parking 6 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.

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Duke Ellington Circle.

  1. Duke Ellington Memorial Statue by Robert Graham, 1997
    760 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 40 public places.

  • 10 schools
  • 6 gardens
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 park features
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 12 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 108 Assemblyman Angelo del Toro Educational Complex School
    280 feet
  2. Central Park East High School
    570 feet
  3. Central Park East I School
    570 feet
Show all 13
  1. East Harlem Scholars Academy Charter School II School
    570 feet
  2. Union Settlement Association Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    670 feet
  3. Northside Ctr-Child Development Day School
    750 feet
  4. East Harlem Council for Human Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,000 feet
  5. Harlen Chldrn Zone Academy II Es School
    1,100 feet
  6. Edward A. Reynolds West Side High School
    1,120 feet
  7. Reece School
    1,200 feet
  8. Agile Learning Center School
    1,220 feet
  9. Cristo Rey High School
    1,270 feet
  10. Urban Concepts of New York Round-The-Clock Nursery Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Peter Minuit Playground
    260 feet
  2. Central Park Listed historic place
    560 feet
  3. Pa'lante Community Garden
    570 feet
Show all 14
  1. Bernard Family Playground
    570 feet
  2. Pueblo Unido Garden
    690 feet
  3. Diversity Edible Farm Garden
    830 feet
  4. Mae Grant Playground
    850 feet
  5. Mission Garden
    950 feet
  6. Fort Clinton in Central Park Park feature
    1,070 feet
  7. Conservatory Garden in Central Park Park feature
    1,070 feet
  8. Harlem Meer in Central Park Park feature
    1,130 feet
  9. Villa Santurce Garden
    1,160 feet
  10. Untermyer Fountain in Central Park Park feature
    1,220 feet
  11. Villa Santruce Garden
    1,260 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Sendero Verde Public space
    1,100 feet

Health care

  1. Terence Cardinal Cooke Health Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,070 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Duke Ellington Statue Monument or memorial
    930 feet
  2. El Museo del Barrio Museum
    1,130 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Church of the Good Neighbor House of worship
    1,120 feet
  2. Bethel Christian Temple House of worship
    1,190 feet
  3. St Cecilia Catholic Church House of worship
    1,240 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Lehman Community Center
    250 feet
  2. Older adult center at 1641 Madison Avenue Older adult center
    490 feet
  3. Older adult center at Lehman Village Older adult center
    620 feet
Show all 4
  1. Clinton Community Center
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    730 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Shop Fair 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 12 places to eat and 17 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 108th 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, 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.