Madison Avenue & East 63rd Street

Madison Avenue and East 63rd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill, Manhattan. The corner lies inside the Upper East Side Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The Hangar Club stands 210 feet away, and Society of Illustrators is 890 feet away. The nearest subway, Lexington Av/63 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the M and Q. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 46 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Lexington Av/63 St
940 feet · 4 min on foot · M, Q
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
Madison Av/E 63 St · BxM11
Within a walk
24 places
8 religious buildings, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Madison Avenue & East 63rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Lexington Av/63 St, 940 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 8 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lexington Av/63 St M, Q
    940 feet
    M Q

Next trains at this station

Uptown & Queens
2 lines
  1. M …
  2. Q …
Downtown
2 lines
  1. M …
  2. Q …

Also within a walk

  1. 5 Av/59 St N, R, W
    1,150 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 “Elevated” (2017) by Jean Shin at the Lexington Av/63 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Madison Av/E 63 St, 30 feet away, for the BxM11.

  • 63 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Madison Av/E 63 St BxM11
    30 feet
    BxM11

Next buses at this stop

  1. BxM11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 10 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 61 St & Madison Ave 39 docks in all
    570 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at Queensboro Bridge & 2nd Avenue at East 59th Street, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 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
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, November 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10065
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 8
City Council district
4
Police precinct
19
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill
Elevation
52 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 67 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2019 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 63rd Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 9 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of East 63rd Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 4 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 4 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE

East side of Madison Avenue

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

West side of Madison Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 10AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 3 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 102214, 103045, 104641, 105733 and 106229.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Upper East Side Historic District.

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 253 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec. They were mostly built between 1877 and 1913.

  1. The Hangar Club Designated landmark
    210 feet
  2. The Fleming School Designated landmark
    260 feet
  3. The Links Club Designated landmark
    390 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists three works near this corner, the nearest in Central Park.

  1. Martin Birdbath Bird bath by Oronzio Maldarelli, 1942
    720 feet
  2. Bird Flying Machine Sculpture by Dolly Hellman Perutz, 1991
    720 feet
  3. Cactus Couple Sculpture by Thea Tewi, 1990
    730 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 public places.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 2 park features
  • 1 arts or cultural center
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Garden House School of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    130 feet
  2. Fifth Avenue Synagogue Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · landmark
    360 feet
  3. Browning School Landmark
    620 feet
Show all 6
  1. French Institute Alliance Francaise Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    870 feet
  2. Christ Church, Methodist Episcopal, of New York City Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,090 feet
  3. Emanuel Congregation of the City of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,110 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    580 feet
  2. Central Park Zoo Zoo or aquarium
    690 feet
  3. Wien Walk in Central Park Park feature
    980 feet
Show all 4
  1. Delacorte Clock in Central Park Park feature
    1,000 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at General Motors Building Public space
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Sara Delano Roosevelt Memorial House Listed historic place
    890 feet
  2. Building at 45 East 66th Street Listed historic place
    900 feet
  3. The Grolier Club of New York Research library
    1,000 feet
Show all 4
  1. Barbizon Hotel for Women Listed historic place
    1,150 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Society of Illustrators Arts or cultural center
    890 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Congregation Edmond J Safra House of worship
    220 feet
  2. 5 Ave Synagogue Landmark
    360 feet
  3. Third Church of Christ Scientist House of worship
    630 feet
Show all 7
  1. Central Presbyterian Church House of worship
    720 feet
  2. Temple Emanuel House of worship
    780 feet
  3. Christ Church Methodist House of worship
    940 feet
  4. Rock Church House of worship
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 46 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 63rd 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.