Madison Avenue & East 37th Street

Madison Avenue and East 37th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Midtown-Times Square, Manhattan. The corner is also named Jan Karski Corner by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. De Lamar Mansion, one of 16 Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 90 feet away. The nearest subway, Grand Central-42 St, is about five minutes on foot, for the 4, 5, 6 and two more. Within a five-minute walk are 37 public places and 163 places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Grand Central-42 St
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 4, 5, 6, 7, S
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Madison Av/E 37 St · M1, M2, Q32, X27 +2
Within a walk
37 places
10 trade or language schools, 7 listed historic places and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Madison Avenue & East 37th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Grand Central-42 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  • 13 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Grand Central-42 St 4, 5, 6, 7, S
    0.3 miles
    4 5 6 7 S

Next trains at this station

Uptown
3 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. 5 …
  3. 6 …
Downtown
3 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. 5 …
  3. 6 …
Queens
1 line
  1. 7 …
Hudson Yards
1 line
  1. 7 …
Times Square
1 line
  1. S …

Also within a walk

  1. 33 St 6
    0.3 miles
    6
  2. 42 St-Bryant Pk/5 Av 7, B, D, F, M
    0.4 miles
    7 B D F M

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists five works at the Grand Central-42 St station, among them “Fast Track and Speedwheels” (1990) by Dan Sinclair and “Grand Central: Arches, Towers, Pyramids” (2000) by Jackie Ferrara.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Madison Av/E 37 St, 60 feet away, for the M1, M2, Q32, X27 and two more.

  • 76 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Madison Av/E 37 St M1, M2, Q32, X27 +2
    60 feet
    M1 M2 Q32 X27 X28 X38

Next buses at this stop

  1. M1 …
  2. M2 …
  3. Q32 …
  4. X27 …
  5. X28 …
  6. X38 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 35 St & Madison Ave 50 docks in all
    540 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive northbound, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 466 10th Avenue Gas station
    1.1 miles
  2. 9 West 31st Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2019

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10016
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 6
City Council district
4
Police precinct
14 and 17 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Midtown-Times Square
Elevation
77 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Jan Karski Corner, a co-naming enacted on October 10, 2008 (Local Law 48 of 2008).

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,800 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 1930 and 1961.

Trees

NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the willow oak.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Jan Karski Corner.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 47 signs on these blocks
  • 16 different rules
  • 8 active meters
  • 5 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2018 and March 2024; 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 1pm, 5 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 7pm to midnight on Madison Avenue (west side), and as 3 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Saturday 7am to 7pm, 5 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 7pm to midnight on Madison Avenue (west side).

North side of East 37th Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 5 HOUR METERED PARKING 7PM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY CONSUL-C DIPLOMAT-A & D LICENSE PLATES D/S DECALS ONLY
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS

South side of East 37th Street

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING SATURDAY 10AM-7PM
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 3 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 10AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 4 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-7PM
  • Metered parking 3 signs 5 HOUR METERED PARKING 7PM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING 7AM-10AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 102891, 103362, 103363, 106406 and 106613.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are 16 Individual Landmarks, and 39 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1860 and 1913.

  1. De Lamar Mansion Designated landmark
    90 feet
  2. The Pierpont Morgan Library and Annex Designated landmark
    210 feet
  3. Union League Club Designated landmark
    370 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 37 public places.

  • 10 trade or language schools
  • 7 listed historic places
  • 7 religious buildings
  • 6 public spaces
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Empire Technical Sch of Bus (5002) Trade or language school
    410 feet
  2. Devry College of New York College
    940 feet
  3. CUNY Graduate School College
    940 feet
Show all 15
  1. American Hi-Tech Institute Trade or language school
    470 feet
  2. Betty Owen Secretarial Systems Trade or language school
    470 feet
  3. Robert Fiance Business Inst 628 Trade or language school
    470 feet
  4. Gemological Inst of America Trade or language school
    650 feet
  5. National Institute of Realtime Repor Trade or language school
    770 feet
  6. Noble Desktop Trade or language school
    800 feet
  7. American English Center Trade or language school
    910 feet
  8. Career Blazers Learning Center Trade or language school
    910 feet
  9. Gsuc Child Development and Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,140 feet
  10. Kindercare Education Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,140 feet
  11. Wee Ones Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,160 feet
  12. Rennert Trade or language school
    1,220 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 425 Fifth Avenue Public space
    730 feet
  2. Public space at 420 Fifth Avenue Public space
    770 feet
  3. Public space at Fifth Avenue Tower Public space
    990 feet
Show all 6
  1. Public space at 172 Madison Avenue Public space
    1,070 feet
  2. Public space at Carlton Regency North Public space
    1,130 feet
  3. Public space at Carlton Regency Public space
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. The Morgan Library & Museum Research library · landmark
    150 feet
  2. Pierpont Morgan Library Listed historic place
    340 feet
  3. Tiffany and Company Building Listed historic place
    470 feet
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  1. Adelaide L. T. Douglas House Listed historic place
    690 feet
  2. Thomas B. Clarke Residence (Collectors Club Building) Listed historic place
    700 feet
  3. Murray Hill Historic District (Boundary Expansion) Listed historic place
    710 feet
  4. Murray Hill Historic District Listed historic place
    850 feet
  5. Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL) Library
    1,040 feet
  6. James F.D. Lanier Residence Listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Incarnation Church Episcopal Listed historic place
    450 feet
  2. Our Saviour Church House of worship
    710 feet
  3. Society Jewish Science House of worship
    1,150 feet
Show all 4
  1. Hungarian 7 Day Adventist Church House of worship
    1,280 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    460 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    520 feet
  3. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    990 feet

Supermarkets

  1. D'Agostino Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. H Mart Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  3. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    770 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,280 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 163 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 37th 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 Records, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.