Madison Avenue & East 25th Street

Madison Avenue and East 25th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The sculpture “Memorial to the Victims of the Injustice of the Holocaust” is 100 feet away, and Police Officer Moira Ann Smith Playground is 100 feet away. The nearest subway, 28 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 30 public places, nine of them listed historic places, and 140 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
28 St
780 feet · 3 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Madison Av/E 25 St · QM63, QM64, QM68, X27 +2
Within a walk
30 places
9 listed historic places, 5 public spaces and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Madison Avenue & East 25th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 28 St, 780 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 28 St 6
    780 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. 6 …
Downtown
1 line
  1. 6 …

Also within a walk

  1. 23 St R, W
    860 feet
    R W
  2. 23 St-Baruch College 6
    960 feet
    6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “ROAMING UNDERFOOT” (2018) by Nancy Blum at the 28 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Madison Av/E 25 St, 50 feet away, for the QM63, QM64, QM68, X27 and two more.

  • 48 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Madison Av/E 25 St QM63, QM64, QM68, X27 +2
    50 feet
    QM63 QM64 QM68 X27 X37 X38

Next buses at this stop

  1. QM63 …
  2. QM64 …
  3. QM68 …
  4. X27 …
  5. X37 …
  6. X38 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 92 bicycle racks within 820 feet, one of them an on-street corral
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Madison Ave & E 26 St 75 docks in all
    230 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at FDR Drive & East 30th Street, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 466 10th Avenue Gas station
    1.5 miles
  2. 9 West 31st Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. West 24th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

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.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2023.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2016
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, November 2021

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
35 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 142 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2025 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 25th Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • Metered parking 3 signs 6 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 6PM-MIDNIGHT SATURDAY 8AM-MIDNIGHT
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO APPELLATE DIVISION SUPREME COURT
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 25th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO APPELLATE DIVISION SUPREME COURT MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Madison Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO APPELLATE DIVISION SUPREME COURT MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 102044, 102713 and 106988.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and 31 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Beaux-Arts. They were built between 1850 and 1928.

  1. Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York Designated landmark
    130 feet
  2. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower Designated landmark
    320 feet
  3. Neptune Building Designated landmark
    430 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists three works near this corner, the nearest at Appellate Division Courthouse.

  1. Memorial to the Victims of the Injustice of the Holocaust Sculpture by Harriet Feigenbaum, 1990
    100 feet
  2. Chester Alan Arthur Statue by George Edwin Bissell, 1899
    220 feet
  3. Admiral David Glasgow Farragut Statue by Augustus Saint-Gaudens, 1881
    280 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 public places.

  • 9 listed historic places
  • 5 public spaces
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 pedestrian plazas
  • 2 museums
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Baruch College Campus High School
    440 feet
  2. Ecole International Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    940 feet
  3. The Ecole Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    940 feet
Show all 6
  1. The Big Deal Casino Academy Trade or language school
    1,220 feet
  2. Peak Services for Children Preschool
    1,290 feet
  3. Barclay Career Schools Trade or language school
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Madison Square Park
    50 feet
  2. Police Officer Moira Ann Smith Playground
    100 feet
  3. Worth Square
    1,060 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at New York Merchandise Mart Public space
    320 feet
  2. Worth Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,160 feet
  3. Flatiron Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,260 feet
Show all 8
  1. Public space at Stanford Public space
    330 feet
  2. Public space at Madison Green Public space
    800 feet
  3. Public space at 50 Lexington Avenue Public space
    1,080 feet
  4. Public space at Madison Belvedere Public space
    1,200 feet
  5. 25th Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. National Museum of Mathematics Museum
    430 feet
  2. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Complex Listed historic place
    520 feet
  3. New York Life Building Listed historic place
    640 feet
Show all 11
  1. Prince George Hotel Listed historic place
    870 feet
  2. Museum of Sex Museum
    950 feet
  3. 69th Regiment Armory Listed historic place
    950 feet
  4. Building at 304 Park Avenue South Listed historic place
    990 feet
  5. Seville Hotel Listed historic place
    1,050 feet
  6. Flatiron Building Listed historic place
    1,160 feet
  7. Sidewalk Clock at 200 5th Avenue, Manhattan Listed historic place
    1,200 feet
  8. 28th Street Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    1,220 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Transfiguration Episcopal Church House of worship
    1,190 feet
  2. St Sava Serbian Orthodox Church Listed historic place
    1,260 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    840 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    720 feet
  2. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. D'Agostino Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,100 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    1,120 feet
  3. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,280 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 140 places to eat and 11 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 25th 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.