Madison Avenue & East 27th Street

Madison Avenue and East 27th 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. Neptune Building stands 130 feet away, and Madison Square Building stands 240 feet away. The nearest subway, 28 St, is about two minutes on foot, and ten subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 39 public places, nine of them listed historic places, and 207 places to eat.

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

Map

Layers
Madison Avenue & East 27th 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.

  • 10 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. 28 St R, W
    1,150 feet
    R W
  2. 23 St R, W
    0.3 miles
    R W

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, 40 feet away, for the QM21.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. QM21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 94 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. Madison Ave & E 26 St 75 docks in all
    300 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at FDR Drive & East 30th Street, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 466 10th Avenue Gas station
    1.4 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.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2019
  • Turn calming, December 2021

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10016
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
33 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 34 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 42 signs on these blocks
  • 21 different rules
  • 7 active meters
  • 5 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2021 and September 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 3 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Saturday 7am to 3:30pm on Madison Avenue (west side), and as 3 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Saturday 7am to 7pm on Madison Avenue (west side).

North side of East 27th Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 5 signs 1 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-MIDNIGHT
  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING SATURDAY 8AM-MIDNIGHT
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 4 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-6PM

South side of East 27th Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 3 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-7PM
  • Metered parking 2 signs 5 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7PM-MIDNIGHT SATURDAY 8AM-MIDNIGHT
  • Metered parking 3 signs 6 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 6PM-MIDNIGHT SATURDAY 8AM-MIDNIGHT
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY US POSTAL SERVICE
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 102871, 103014, 105174, 106225 and 106440.

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 seven Individual Landmarks, and 59 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Beaux-Arts. They were mostly built between 1857 and 1912.

  1. Neptune Building Designated landmark
    130 feet
  2. Madison Square Building Designated landmark
    240 feet
  3. Prince George Hotel Annex Designated landmark
    250 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
    360 feet
  2. Memorial to the Victims of the Injustice of the Holocaust Sculpture by Harriet Feigenbaum, 1990
    430 feet
  3. Admiral David Glasgow Farragut Statue by Augustus Saint-Gaudens, 1881
    480 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 39 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. The Big Deal Casino Academy Trade or language school
    700 feet
  2. Baruch College Campus High School
    780 feet
  3. Shefa School
    870 feet
Show all 13
  1. Barclay Career Schools Trade or language school
    770 feet
  2. Advanced Career Training Trade or language school
    870 feet
  3. Amer Academy of Dramatic Arts College
    900 feet
  4. Ecole International Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    940 feet
  5. The Ecole Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    940 feet
  6. Aaron School (8-12) School
    1,020 feet
  7. Sage Alliance NY School
    1,020 feet
  8. Peak Services for Children Preschool
    1,280 feet
  9. Electrical Training Course Trade or language school
    1,310 feet
  10. Studio Jewelers Trade or language school
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Madison Square Park
    310 feet
  2. Police Officer Moira Ann Smith Playground
    430 feet
  3. Worth Square
    1,050 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at New York Merchandise Mart Public space
    430 feet
  2. Worth Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,150 feet
  3. Flatiron Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,250 feet
Show all 7
  1. Public space at Madison Belvedere Public space
    680 feet
  2. Public space at Stanford Public space
    690 feet
  3. Public space at Ascot Public space
    890 feet
  4. Public space at 1185 Broadway Public space
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. National Museum of Mathematics Museum
    340 feet
  2. New York Life Building Listed historic place
    370 feet
  3. Museum of Sex Museum
    430 feet
Show all 11
  1. Seville Hotel Listed historic place
    530 feet
  2. Appellate Division Courthouse of New York State Listed historic place
    540 feet
  3. 28th Street Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    710 feet
  4. Church of the Transfiguration and Rectory Listed historic place
    860 feet
  5. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Listed historic place
    880 feet
  6. Old Colony Club Listed historic place
    900 feet
  7. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Complex Listed historic place
    1,040 feet
  8. 69th Regiment Armory Listed historic place
    1,210 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Center for Book Arts Arts or cultural center
    1,160 feet
  2. Gramercy Arts Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,180 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Transfiguration Episcopal Church House of worship
    670 feet
  2. Marble Collegiate Church Listed historic place
    1,130 feet
  3. St Sava Serbian Orthodox Church Listed historic place
    1,260 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    510 feet
  2. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    790 feet
  3. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,030 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    200 feet
  2. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Fairway Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    600 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    760 feet
  3. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 207 places to eat and seven food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 27th 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.