Madison Avenue & East 66th Street

Madison Avenue and East 66th 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, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Central Park is 570 feet away, and Frick Collection is 1,290 feet away. The nearest subway, 68 St-Hunter College, is about six minutes on foot, and eight subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 32 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
68 St-Hunter College
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Madison Av/E 66 St · M1, M2, M3, M4 +1
Within a walk
27 places
7 religious buildings, 6 day care or pre-K sites and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Madison Avenue & East 66th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 68 St-Hunter College, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 8 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 68 St-Hunter College 6
    0.3 miles
    6

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. 6 …
Downtown
1 line
  1. 6 …

Also within a walk

  1. Lexington Av/63 St M, Q
    0.3 miles
    M Q
  2. 5 Av/59 St N, R, W
    0.4 miles
    N R W

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Tempestuous Terrain; Liminal Location” (2024) by Lisa Corinne Davis at the 68 St-Hunter College station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Madison Av/E 66 St, 50 feet away, for the M1, M2, M3, M4 and M72.

  • 46 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Madison Av/E 66 St M1, M2, M3, M4 +1
    50 feet
    M1 M2 M3 M4 M72

Next buses at this stop

  1. M1 …
  2. M2 …
  3. M3 …
  4. M4 …
  5. M72 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 15 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
    70 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at Queensboro Bridge & 2nd Avenue at East 59th Street, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 720 11th Avenue Gas station
    1.9 miles
  2. 301 East 79th Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

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
58 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 72 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

North side of East 66th Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 5 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of East 66th Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 3 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Madison Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-4PM 7PM-10PM SATURDAY 9AM-10PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-10AM 4PM-7PM

West side of Madison Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 10AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 102432, 103776, 104223, 104387 and 106649.

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, 304 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec, and mostly built between 1877 and 1912.

  1. Park Avenue Armory Designated landmark
    770 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Central Park.

  1. One Hundred Seventh Infantry Memorial Statue by Karl Morningstar Illava, 1927
    630 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 public places.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 listed historic places
  • 3 park features
  • 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
    330 feet
  2. Dominican Academy School
    730 feet
  3. Garden House School of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    910 feet
Show all 7
  1. Diki Harmony Play House Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,060 feet
  2. The Episcopal School in the City of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,080 feet
  3. Fifth Avenue Synagogue Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,140 feet
  4. The Children's Learning Center at Hunter College Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    570 feet
  2. Central Park Zoo Zoo or aquarium · landmark
    600 feet
  3. Billy Johnson Playground
    780 feet
Show all 6
  1. Wallach Walk in Central Park Park feature
    820 feet
  2. Delacorte Clock in Central Park Park feature
    940 feet
  3. Dene in Central Park Park feature
    1,080 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Building at 45 East 66th Street Listed historic place
    120 feet
  2. Sara Delano Roosevelt Memorial House Listed historic place
    470 feet
  3. Upper East Side Historic District Listed historic place
    1,180 feet
Show all 5
  1. East 66th St., 131-135, East 67th St., 130-134, Apt. Bldgs. At Listed historic place
    1,270 feet
  2. Frick Collection Museum
    1,290 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Americas Society Art Gallery Arts or cultural center
    940 feet
  2. Italian Cultural Institute Arts or cultural center · listed historic place
    1,060 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Temple Emanuel Landmark
    430 feet
  2. Congregation Edmond J Safra House of worship
    760 feet
  3. Central Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,090 feet
Show all 6
  1. 5 Ave Synagogue House of worship
    1,140 feet
  2. St Vincents Ferrer Church Listed historic place
    1,150 feet
  3. Third Church of Christ Scientist House of worship
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 places to eat.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 66th 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.