Madison Avenue & East 57th Street

Madison Avenue and East 57th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Midtown-Times Square, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 25 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Fuller Building, one of 13 Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 170 feet away, and Central Park is 1,100 feet away. The nearest subway, 5 Av/53 St, is about four minutes on foot, and ten subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 32 public places, five of them listed historic places, and 126 places to eat.

Safety record
16 hurt
25 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
5 Av/53 St
1,150 feet · 4 min on foot · E, F
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
E 57 St/Madison Av · M31, M57
Within a walk
32 places
16 public spaces, 5 listed historic places and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Madison Avenue & East 57th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 5 Av/53 St, 1,150 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 10 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/53 St E, F
    1,150 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. 5 Av/59 St N, R, W
    1,240 feet
    N R W
  2. Lexington Av/59 St 4, 5, 6, N, R, W
    0.3 miles
    4 5 6 N R W

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 E 57 St/Madison Av, 40 feet away, for the M31 and M57.

  • 79 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 57 St/Madison Av M31, M57
    40 feet
    M31 M57

Next buses at this stop

  1. M31 …
  2. M57 …

Live arrivals

East 57th Street carries a lane DOT records as a shared lane, not a bus-only lane, 7am to 10am and 4pm to 7pm on weekdays.

Cycling

  • 19 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 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, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 720 11th Avenue Gas station
    1.4 miles
  2. 9 West 57th Street Charging for electric cars, 13 Level 2 chargers
    940 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 25 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 16 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2019
  • Turn calming, October 2023

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
49 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2024 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 57th Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 5 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 10AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY OTHER TIMES HOTEL LOADING ZONE

South side of East 57th Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 10AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of Madison Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Madison Avenue

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 1 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 102284, 105990 and 106279.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are 13 Individual Landmarks, and 19 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Art Deco, Beaux-Arts and Modern Classical. They were mostly built between 1907 and 1928.

  1. Fuller Building Designated landmark
    170 feet
  2. L. P. Hollander & Company Building Designated landmark
    350 feet
  3. AT&T Corporate Headquarters Building Designated landmark
    410 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Grand Army Plaza.

  1. Pulitzer Fountain Fountain by Karl Bitter and Karl Gruppe, 1916
    730 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 public places.

  • 16 public spaces
  • 5 listed historic places
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. French Institute Alliance Francaise Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    890 feet
  2. Christ Church, Methodist Episcopal, of New York City Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,110 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Grand Army Plaza
    860 feet
  2. Central Park Listed historic place
    1,100 feet
  3. Sherman Monument in Central Park Park feature
    1,220 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 590 Madison Avenue Public space
    290 feet
  2. Public space at 432 Park Avenue Public space
    430 feet
  3. Public space at Sony Public space
    470 feet
Show all 16
  1. Public space at 450 Park Avenue Public space
    520 feet
  2. Public space at General Motors Building Public space
    610 feet
  3. Public space at Park Avenue Tower Public space
    690 feet
  4. Public space at Trump Tower Public space
    740 feet
  5. Public space at Warburg Dillon Read Public space
    790 feet
  6. Public space at Galleria Public space
    900 feet
  7. Public space at 712 Fifth Avenue Public space
    970 feet
  8. Public space at 135 East 57th Street Public space
    1,000 feet
  9. Public space at 520 Madison Avenue Public space
    1,000 feet
  10. Public space at 500 Park Tower Public space
    1,000 feet
  11. Public space at Solow Public space
    1,040 feet
  12. Public space at 499 Park Avenue Public space
    1,060 feet
  13. Public space at 110 East 59th Street Public space
    1,140 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Coty Building Listed historic place
    930 feet
  2. NY Genealogical & Biographical Soc Research library
    1,000 feet
  3. Sidewalk Clock at 783 5th Avenue, Manhattan Listed historic place
    1,110 feet
Show all 8
  1. 58th Street Library
    1,140 feet
  2. The Grolier Club of New York Research library
    1,180 feet
  3. William H. Moore House Listed historic place
    1,200 feet
  4. Lever House Listed historic place
    1,280 feet
  5. Plaza Hotel and Grand Army Plaza Listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. 5 Ave Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,000 feet
  2. Christ Church Methodist House of worship
    1,200 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    190 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    380 feet
  3. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    630 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 126 places to eat and one food store.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 57th 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.