Madison Avenue & East 55th Street

Madison Avenue and East 55th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Midtown-Times Square, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. St. Regis Hotel, one of 20 Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 350 feet away, and Saint Patrick's Cathedral is 1,210 feet away. The nearest subway, 5 Av/53 St, is about two minutes on foot, and ten subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 31 public places, 11 of them listed historic places, and 165 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
5 Av/53 St
610 feet · 2 min on foot · E, F
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
Madison Av/E 55 St · QM21, SIM23, SIM24
Within a walk
31 places
15 public spaces, 11 listed historic places and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Madison Avenue & East 55th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 5 Av/53 St, 610 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 10 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/53 St E, F
    610 feet
    E F

Next trains at this station

Queens
2 lines
  1. E …
  2. F …
Downtown
2 lines
  1. E …
  2. F …

Also within a walk

  1. Lexington Av/51-53 Sts 6, E, F
    0.3 miles
    6 E F
  2. 57 St M
    0.3 miles
    M

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Subway Riders” (1995) by Ralph Fasanella and “The Subway: Design for a Modern Icon” (2019) by MTA Arts & Design and The Museum of Modern Art at the 5 Av/53 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Madison Av/E 55 St, 30 feet away, for the QM21, SIM23 and SIM24.

  • 76 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Madison Av/E 55 St QM21, SIM23, SIM24
    30 feet
    QM21 SIM23 SIM24

Next buses at this stop

  1. QM21 …
  2. SIM23 …
  3. SIM24 …

Live arrivals

Madison Avenue carries a lane DOT records as a shared lane, not a bus-only lane, all day, every day.

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on East 55th Street.

  • 38 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 56 St & Madison Ave 33 docks in all
    320 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at Queensboro Bridge & 2nd Avenue at East 59th Street, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 720 11th Avenue Gas station
    1.3 miles
  2. 131 East 55th Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more 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 March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10022
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 5
City Council district
4
Police precinct
18
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Midtown-Times Square
Elevation
55 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 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 1983 and 2012.

Trees

NYC Parks records 29 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 39 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 6 active meters
  • 5 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2024 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 55th Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 3 signs 1 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-6PM
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 3 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-6PM
  • Metered parking 7 signs 6 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 6PM-MIDNIGHT SATURDAY 8AM-MIDNIGHT
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-6PM

South side of East 55th Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 1 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-6PM
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 3 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-6PM
  • Metered parking 5 signs 6 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 6PM-MIDNIGHT SATURDAY 8AM-MIDNIGHT
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE

West side of Madison Avenue

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 4 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 102090, 103811, 104287, 106195 and 106811.

Landmarks and historic districts

Twenty buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Art Deco, Beaux-Arts and neo-Italian Renaissance, and mostly built between 1899 and 1927.

  1. AT&T Corporate Headquarters Building Designated landmark
    230 feet
  2. St. Regis Hotel Designated landmark
    350 feet
  3. Aeolian Building Designated landmark
    420 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 public places.

  • 15 public spaces
  • 11 listed historic places
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site

Schools and child care

  1. May Family Nursery School at Central Synagogue Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    850 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Warburg Dillon Read Public space
    250 feet
  2. Public space at Sony Public space
    260 feet
  3. Public space at 590 Madison Avenue Public space
    460 feet
Show all 15
  1. Public space at 520 Madison Avenue Public space
    460 feet
  2. Public space at Park Avenue Tower Public space
    460 feet
  3. Public space at 432 Park Avenue Public space
    640 feet
  4. Public space at Trump Tower Public space
    730 feet
  5. Public space at 450 Park Avenue Public space
    820 feet
  6. Public space at 712 Fifth Avenue Public space
    850 feet
  7. Public space at Park Avenue Plaza Public space
    880 feet
  8. Public space at Harpercollins Public space
    920 feet
  9. Public space at 40 East 52nd Street Public space
    1,090 feet
  10. Public space at New York Palace Hotel Public space
    1,140 feet
  11. Public space at General Motors Building Public space
    1,150 feet
  12. Public space at Olympic Tower Public space
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. William H. Moore House Listed historic place
    660 feet
  2. Lever House Listed historic place
    730 feet
  3. Coty Building Listed historic place
    780 feet
Show all 11
  1. University Club Listed historic place
    820 feet
  2. Central Synagogue Listed historic place
    990 feet
  3. Residences at 5-15 West 54th Street Listed historic place
    1,000 feet
  4. Look Building Listed historic place
    1,020 feet
  5. Racquet and Tennis Club Building Listed historic place
    1,040 feet
  6. Villard Houses Listed historic place
    1,230 feet
  7. Houses at 647 and 651-653 Fifth Avenue, and 4 East 52nd Street Listed historic place
    1,250 feet
  8. Seagram Building Listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. 5 Ave Presbyterian Church House of worship
    680 feet
  2. St Thomas Church Listed historic place
    1,000 feet
  3. Saint Patrick's Cathedral Listed historic place
    1,210 feet

Bank branches

  1. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    90 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    210 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    400 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  2. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    920 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  3. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 165 places to eat and four food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 55th 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 Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.