Madison Avenue & East 64th Street

Madison Avenue and East 64th 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, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Congregation Edmond J Safra is 290 feet away, and the sculpture “Cactus Couple” is 690 feet away. The nearest subway, Lexington Av/63 St, is about five minutes on foot, for the M and Q. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 45 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Lexington Av/63 St
1,190 feet · 5 min on foot · M, Q
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
Madison Av/E 63 St · M1, M2, BxM3, BxM4
Within a walk
23 places
7 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Madison Avenue & East 64th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Lexington Av/63 St, 1,190 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 8 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lexington Av/63 St M, Q
    1,190 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
    0.3 miles
    N R W
  2. 68 St-Hunter College 6
    0.4 miles
    6

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, 180 feet away, for the M1, M2, BxM3 and BxM4.

  • 58 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Madison Av/E 63 St M1, M2, BxM3, BxM4
    180 feet
    M1 M2 BxM3 BxM4

Next buses at this stop

  1. M1 …
  2. M2 …
  3. BxM3 …
  4. BxM4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 66 St & Madison Ave 37 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
    2 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
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2019

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 2,800 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 Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2018 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 64th Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY CONSUL-C DIPLOMAT-A & D LICENSE PLATES D/S DECALS ONLY
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE

South side of East 64th Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

East side of Madison Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 10AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 10AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 10AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Madison Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 10AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 102296, 102297, 104640, 104641 and 105733.

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 299 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec. They were mostly built between 1877 and 1914.

  1. The Hangar Club Designated landmark
    380 feet
  2. The Fleming School Designated landmark
    480 feet
  3. The Colony Club Designated landmark
    570 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. Bird Flying Machine Sculpture by Dolly Hellman Perutz, 1991
    680 feet
  2. Fort Greene Eagles Statue by Adolph Alexander Weinman, 1908
    680 feet
  3. Cactus Couple Sculpture by Thea Tewi, 1990
    690 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 park features
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 schools
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Garden House School of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    390 feet
  2. Fifth Avenue Synagogue Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · landmark
    620 feet
  3. Emanuel Congregation of the City of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · landmark
    850 feet
Show all 6
  1. Browning School
    890 feet
  2. French Institute Alliance Francaise Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,130 feet
  3. Dominican Academy School
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    560 feet
  2. Central Park Zoo Zoo or aquarium
    740 feet
  3. Delacorte Clock in Central Park Park feature
    800 feet
Show all 6
  1. Wien Walk in Central Park Park feature
    1,240 feet
  2. Wallach Walk in Central Park Park feature
    1,240 feet
  3. Billy Johnson Playground
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Sara Delano Roosevelt Memorial House Listed historic place
    630 feet
  2. Building at 45 East 66th Street Listed historic place
    640 feet
  3. The Grolier Club of New York Research library
    1,270 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Society of Illustrators Arts or cultural center
    990 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Congregation Edmond J Safra House of worship
    290 feet
  2. Temple Emanuel Landmark
    520 feet
  3. 5 Ave Synagogue Landmark
    620 feet
Show all 6
  1. Central Presbyterian Church House of worship
    640 feet
  2. Third Church of Christ Scientist House of worship
    690 feet
  3. Christ Church Methodist House of worship
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 45 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 64th 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.