Madison Avenue & East 65th Street

Madison Avenue and East 65th 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, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Temple Emanuel is 400 feet away. The nearest subway, Lexington Av/63 St, is about six minutes on foot, and eight subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 42 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Lexington Av/63 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · M, Q
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Madison Av/E 65 St · M66
Within a walk
24 places
7 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Madison Avenue & East 65th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Lexington Av/63 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 8 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lexington Av/63 St M, Q
    0.3 miles
    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
    0.3 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 65 St, 120 feet away, for the M66.

  • 52 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Madison Av/E 65 St M66
    120 feet
    M66

Next buses at this stop

  1. M66 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 66 St & Madison Ave 37 docks in all
    310 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
    1.9 miles
  2. 200 East 65th Street Charging for electric cars, eight 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 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2019
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, August 2026

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
55 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 66 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2020 and May 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 65th Street

  • No standing 8 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 65th Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY CONSUL-C DIPLOMAT-A & D LICENSE PLATES D/S DECALS ONLY
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING 7AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of Madison Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 10AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 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, 104213 and 106776.

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 324 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec. They were mostly built between 1877 and 1912.

  1. The Hangar Club Designated landmark
    610 feet
  2. The Fleming School Designated landmark
    730 feet

Monuments and public art

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

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

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

Schools and child care

  1. Emanuel Congregation of the City of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · landmark
    590 feet
  2. Garden House School of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    650 feet
  3. Dominican Academy School
    990 feet
Show all 7
  1. Fifth Avenue Synagogue Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    880 feet
  2. Browning School
    1,150 feet
  3. Diki Harmony Play House Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,240 feet
  4. St Vincent Ferrer High School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    570 feet
  2. Central Park Zoo Zoo or aquarium · landmark
    590 feet
  3. Delacorte Clock in Central Park Park feature
    770 feet
Show all 5
  1. Wallach Walk in Central Park Park feature
    990 feet
  2. Billy Johnson Playground
    1,040 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Sara Delano Roosevelt Memorial House Listed historic place
    370 feet
  2. Building at 45 East 66th Street Listed historic place
    380 feet
  3. Seventh Regiment Armory Listed historic place
    1,170 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Americas Society Art Gallery Arts or cultural center
    1,200 feet
  2. Society of Illustrators Arts or cultural center
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Temple Emanuel Landmark
    400 feet
  2. Congregation Edmond J Safra House of worship
    510 feet
  3. Central Presbyterian Church Landmark
    830 feet
Show all 6
  1. 5 Ave Synagogue House of worship
    880 feet
  2. Third Church of Christ Scientist House of worship
    950 feet
  3. St Vincents Ferrer Church Listed historic place
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 42 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 65th 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.