Madison Avenue & East 59th Street

Madison Avenue and East 59th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 32 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. In 2025, 858 bus-lane camera tickets were recorded here. Fuller Building, one of five Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 450 feet away. The nearest subway, 5 Av/59 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the N, R and W. Within a five-minute walk are 34 public places, five of them day care or pre-K sites, and 93 places to eat.

Safety record
16 hurt
32 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
5 Av/59 St
700 feet · 3 min on foot · N, R, W
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Madison Av/E 59 St · BxM6, BxM7, BxM9
Within a walk
34 places
15 public spaces, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Madison Avenue & East 59th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 5 Av/59 St, 700 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 10 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/59 St N, R, W
    700 feet
    N R W

Next trains at this station

Queens
3 lines
  1. N …
  2. R …
  3. W …
Downtown
3 lines
  1. N …
  2. R …
  3. W …

Also within a walk

  1. Lexington Av/59 St 4, 5, 6, N, R, W
    950 feet
    4 5 6 N R W
  2. 5 Av/53 St E, F
    0.3 miles
    E F

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Urban Oasis” (1997) by Ann Schaumburger at the 5 Av/59 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Madison Av/E 59 St, 60 feet away, for the BxM6, BxM7 and BxM9.

  • 74 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Madison Av/E 59 St BxM6, BxM7, BxM9
    60 feet
    BxM6 BxM7 BxM9

Next buses at this stop

  1. BxM6 …
  2. BxM7 …
  3. BxM9 …

Live arrivals

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

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 58 St & Madison Ave 66 docks in all
    330 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at Queensboro Bridge & 2nd Avenue at East 59th Street, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 720 11th Avenue Gas station
    1.6 miles
  2. 35-39 East 61st Street Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 32 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2011

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 858 bus-lane camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 118th most of the 174 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 3, 102 more were issued.

Every corner with bus-lane camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10022
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 5
City Council district
4
Police precinct
18 and 19 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill
Elevation
45 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 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 1927 and 1963.

Trees

Six trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

North side of East 59th Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 3 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-3PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 3 signs 5 HOUR METERED PARKING 7PM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 6 HOUR METERED PARKING 6PM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING 3PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 59th Street

  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Madison Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Madison Avenue

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 104831, 104832 and 106808.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are five Individual Landmarks, and 36 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Beaux-Arts. They were mostly built between 1879 and 1928.

  1. The Harmonie Club Designated landmark
    340 feet
  2. Pepsi-Cola Building Designated landmark
    390 feet
  3. Fuller Building Designated landmark
    450 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in Grand Army Plaza.

  1. Pulitzer Fountain Fountain by Karl Bitter and Karl Gruppe, 1916
    640 feet
  2. William Tecumseh Sherman Statue by Augustus Saint-Gaudens, 1903
    640 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 34 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. French Institute Alliance Francaise Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    340 feet
  2. Christ Church, Methodist Episcopal, of New York City Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    560 feet
  3. Fifth Avenue Synagogue Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    950 feet
Show all 6
  1. Children's All Day School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    970 feet
  2. Browning School
    1,150 feet
  3. Garden House School of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Grand Army Plaza
    550 feet
  2. Central Park Listed historic place
    560 feet
  3. Sherman Monument in Central Park Park feature
    700 feet
Show all 4
  1. Wien Walk in Central Park Park feature
    1,120 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at General Motors Building Public space
    240 feet
  2. Public space at 500 Park Tower Public space
    460 feet
  3. Public space at 499 Park Avenue Public space
    660 feet
Show all 15
  1. Public space at 590 Madison Avenue Public space
    830 feet
  2. Public space at 110 East 59th Street Public space
    890 feet
  3. Public space at Plaza Tower Public space
    920 feet
  4. Public space at 432 Park Avenue Public space
    970 feet
  5. Public space at Sony Public space
    1,010 feet
  6. Public space at Galleria Public space
    1,030 feet
  7. Public space at International Plaza Public space
    1,050 feet
  8. Public space at 450 Park Avenue Public space
    1,070 feet
  9. Public space at Solow Public space
    1,200 feet
  10. Public space at Park Avenue Tower Public space
    1,230 feet
  11. Public space at Trump Tower Public space
    1,290 feet
  12. Public space at 135 East 57th Street Public space
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Sidewalk Clock at 783 5th Avenue, Manhattan Listed historic place
    560 feet
  2. The Grolier Club of New York Research library
    640 feet
  3. 58th Street Library
    890 feet
Show all 5
  1. Plaza Hotel and Grand Army Plaza Listed historic place
    1,030 feet
  2. NY Genealogical & Biographical Soc Research library
    1,160 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Christ Church Methodist House of worship
    660 feet
  2. 5 Ave Synagogue House of worship
    950 feet
  3. Congregation Edmond J Safra House of worship
    1,160 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    290 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    920 feet
  3. Capital One Bank branch
    1,070 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 93 places to eat and two food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 59th Street or Madison Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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.