Madison Avenue & East 24th Street

Madison Avenue and East 24th Street meet at a three-way junction in Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Madison Square Park is 40 feet away, and Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York stands 350 feet away. The nearest subway, 23 St, is about two minutes on foot, and ten subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 32 public places, 11 of them listed historic places, and 123 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
23 St
600 feet · 2 min on foot · R, W
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Madison Av/E 24 St · BxM10
Within a walk
32 places
11 listed historic places, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Madison Avenue & East 24th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 23 St, 600 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 10 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 23 St R, W
    600 feet
    R W

Next trains at this station

Uptown
2 lines
  1. R …
  2. W …
Downtown
2 lines
  1. R …
  2. W …

Also within a walk

  1. 23 St-Baruch College 6
    710 feet
    6
  2. 28 St 6
    1,040 feet
    6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Memories of Twenty-Third Street” (2002) by Keith Godard at the 23 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Madison Av/E 24 St, 50 feet away, for the BxM10.

  • 42 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Madison Av/E 24 St BxM10
    50 feet
    BxM10

Next buses at this stop

  1. BxM10 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 123 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 24 St & Park Ave S 79 docks in all
    480 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at FDR Drive & East 30th Street, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1.5 miles
  2. 200 East 24th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. West 24th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10010
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 5
City Council district
2 and 3 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
13
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square
Elevation
36 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 110 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 14 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2024 and September 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on Madison Avenue (west side).

North side of East 24th Street

  • For-hire vehicles only 1 sign FOR-HIRE VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-MIDNIGHT
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 24th Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • Metered parking 1 sign 5 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7PM-MIDNIGHT SATURDAY 8AM-MIDNIGHT
  • Metered parking 1 sign 5 HOUR METERED PARKING SATURDAY 8AM-MIDNIGHT
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE
  • NYP plates only 1 sign NYP LICENSE PLATES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • Taxi stand 1 sign TAXI STAND MONDAY-FRIDAY 7PM-MIDNIGHT

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 102044 and 102229.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and 46 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Beaux-Arts. They were built between 1846 and 1930.

  1. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower Designated landmark
    90 feet
  2. Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York Designated landmark
    350 feet
  3. Flatiron Building Designated landmark
    620 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists three works near this corner, the nearest in Madison Square Park.

  1. Roscoe Conkling Statue by John Quincy Adams Ward, 1893
    220 feet
  2. Memorial to the Victims of the Injustice of the Holocaust Sculpture by Harriet Feigenbaum, 1990
    350 feet
  3. William Henry Seward Statue by Randolph Rogers, 1876
    360 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 11 listed historic places
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 public spaces
  • 3 trade or language schools
  • 2 museums
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Baruch College Campus High School
    700 feet
  2. New York Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,170 feet
  3. Ecole International Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,200 feet
Show all 9
  1. The Ecole Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,200 feet
  2. The Montessori at Flatiron Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,240 feet
  3. Pacific College of Health & Science College
    1,310 feet
  4. American Hi-Tech Business School Trade or language school
    1,310 feet
  5. Betty Owen Secretarial Systems Trade or language school
    1,310 feet
  6. General Assembly Trade or language school
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Madison Square Park
    40 feet
  2. Police Officer Moira Ann Smith Playground
    360 feet
  3. Worth Square
    1,040 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Madison Green Public space
    540 feet
  2. Flatiron Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,050 feet
  3. Worth Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,110 feet
Show all 6
  1. Public space at New York Merchandise Mart Public space
    580 feet
  2. Public space at Stanford Public space
    590 feet
  3. Public space at 50 Lexington Avenue Public space
    1,080 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Complex Listed historic place
    260 feet
  2. National Museum of Mathematics Museum
    690 feet
  3. Building at 304 Park Avenue South Listed historic place
    730 feet
Show all 13
  1. New York Life Building Listed historic place
    900 feet
  2. Sidewalk Clock at 200 5th Avenue, Manhattan Listed historic place
    940 feet
  3. United Charities Building Complex Listed historic place
    1,130 feet
  4. Prince George Hotel Listed historic place
    1,130 feet
  5. George Washington Hotel Listed historic place
    1,170 feet
  6. Church Missions House Listed historic place
    1,170 feet
  7. Scribner Building Listed historic place
    1,180 feet
  8. Museum of Sex Museum
    1,210 feet
  9. 69th Regiment Armory Listed historic place
    1,210 feet
  10. Seville Hotel Listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Calvary St George Episcopal Church House of worship
    1,260 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    890 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,100 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    1,160 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    970 feet
  2. Morton Williams Supermarket
    1,120 feet
  3. D'Agostino Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    840 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    1,000 feet
  3. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 123 places to eat and ten food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 24th 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 Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.