Madison Avenue & East 26th Street

Madison Avenue and East 26th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square, Manhattan. The corner lies on the edge of the Madison Square North Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Manhattan corner. Madison Square Park is 50 feet away, and the statue “Chester Alan Arthur” is 140 feet away. The nearest subway, 28 St, is about two minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 38 public places, 11 of them listed historic places, and 169 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
28 St
520 feet · 2 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
270 feet
Madison Av/E 27 St · QM21
Within a walk
38 places
11 listed historic places, 5 public spaces and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Madison Avenue & East 26th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 28 St, 520 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 9 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 28 St 6
    520 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
    1,120 feet
    R W
  2. 23 St-Baruch College 6
    1,230 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 27 St, 270 feet away, for the QM21.

  • 61 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Madison Av/E 27 St QM21
    270 feet
    QM21

Next buses at this stop

  1. QM21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on East 26th Street.

  • 83 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Madison Ave & E 26 St 75 docks in all
    50 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
    0.4 miles
  3. West 24th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2019

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 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 109 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 49 signs on these blocks
  • 16 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2024 and September 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 26th Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 7 signs 1 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • Metered parking 7 signs 5 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7PM-MIDNIGHT SATURDAY 8AM-MIDNIGHT
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 26th Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO APPELATE DIVISION SUPREME COURT MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO APPELLATE DIVISION SUPREME COURT MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 7 signs NO STOPPING 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

West side of Madison Avenue

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 102873 and 105174.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Madison Square North Historic District.

Within 820 feet are five Individual Landmarks, and 46 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Beaux-Arts. They were built between 1850 and 1929.

  1. Neptune Building Designated landmark
    180 feet
  2. Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York Designated landmark
    210 feet
  3. Madison Square Building Designated landmark
    230 feet

Monuments and public art

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

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

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

Schools and child care

  1. Baruch College Campus High School
    520 feet
  2. Ecole International Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    680 feet
  3. The Big Deal Casino Academy Trade or language school
    960 feet
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  1. The Ecole Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    680 feet
  2. Peak Services for Children Preschool
    1,020 feet
  3. Barclay Career Schools Trade or language school
    1,030 feet
  4. Shefa School
    1,130 feet
  5. Advanced Career Training Trade or language school
    1,130 feet
  6. Amer Academy of Dramatic Arts College
    1,150 feet
  7. Aaron School (8-12) School
    1,280 feet
  8. Sage Alliance NY School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Madison Square Park
    50 feet
  2. Police Officer Moira Ann Smith Playground
    170 feet
  3. Worth Square
    800 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at New York Merchandise Mart Public space
    170 feet
  2. Worth Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    900 feet
  3. Flatiron Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    990 feet
Show all 7
  1. Public space at Stanford Public space
    430 feet
  2. Public space at Madison Belvedere Public space
    940 feet
  3. Public space at Madison Green Public space
    1,060 feet
  4. Public space at Ascot Public space
    1,150 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. National Museum of Mathematics Museum
    290 feet
  2. New York Life Building Listed historic place
    380 feet
  3. Prince George Hotel Listed historic place
    610 feet
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  1. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Listed historic place
    620 feet
  2. Museum of Sex Museum
    690 feet
  3. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Complex Listed historic place
    780 feet
  4. Seville Hotel Listed historic place
    790 feet
  5. 69th Regiment Armory Listed historic place
    950 feet
  6. 28th Street Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    960 feet
  7. Church of the Transfiguration and Rectory Listed historic place
    1,120 feet
  8. Old Colony Club Listed historic place
    1,160 feet
  9. Sidewalk Clock at 200 5th Avenue, Manhattan Listed historic place
    1,160 feet
  10. Building at 304 Park Avenue South Listed historic place
    1,260 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Center for Book Arts Arts or cultural center
    1,210 feet
  2. Gramercy Arts Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Transfiguration Episcopal Church House of worship
    930 feet
  2. St Sava Serbian Orthodox Church Listed historic place
    1,000 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    580 feet
  2. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    1,050 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    1,100 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    460 feet
  2. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Fairway Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    860 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,020 feet
  3. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 169 places to eat and seven food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 26th 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.