Madison Avenue & East 68th Street

Madison Avenue and East 68th 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, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Dominican Academy is 350 feet away, and Frick Art Reference Library stands 720 feet away. The nearest subway, 68 St-Hunter College, is about four minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, seven of them listed historic places, and 22 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
68 St-Hunter College
960 feet · 4 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
Madison Av/E 67 St · M1, M2, M3, M4
Within a walk
26 places
7 listed historic places, 4 religious buildings and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Madison Avenue & East 68th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 68 St-Hunter College, 960 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 6 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 68 St-Hunter College 6
    960 feet
    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
    0.4 miles
    M Q
  2. 5 Av/59 St N, R, W
    0.5 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 67 St, 180 feet away, for the M1, M2, M3 and M4.

  • 22 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Madison Av/E 67 St M1, M2, M3, M4 · Countdown sign
    180 feet
    M1 M2 M3 M4
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

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

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 70 St & Madison Ave 44 docks in all
    580 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at Queensboro Bridge & 2nd Avenue at East 59th Street, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1855 1st Avenue Gas station
    2 miles
  2. 301 East 79th Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    970 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported seven 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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

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
73 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,900 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 1916 and 1949.

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2015 and January 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 68th Street

  • 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 ANYTIME

South side of East 68th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

East side of Madison Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-4PM 7PM-10PM SATURDAY 9AM-10PM
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-4PM SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-10AM 4PM-7PM

West side of Madison Avenue

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 101537, 105224 and 106436.

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, 244 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-French Classic, and mostly built between 1879 and 1921.

  1. Hotel Westbury Designated landmark
    410 feet
  2. Frick Art Reference Library Designated landmark
    720 feet
  3. The Union Club of New York Designated landmark
    760 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 26 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Dominican Academy School
    350 feet
  2. The Episcopal School in the City of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    550 feet
  3. The Children's Learning Center at Hunter College Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · landmark
    690 feet
Show all 5
  1. Emanuel Congregation of the City of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · landmark
    850 feet
  2. CUNY Hunter College Landmark
    870 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    580 feet
  2. Billy Johnson Playground
    720 feet
  3. Dene in Central Park Park feature
    940 feet
Show all 6
  1. Wallach Walk in Central Park Park feature
    990 feet
  2. East Green in Central Park Park feature
    1,030 feet
  3. Central Park Zoo Zoo or aquarium
    1,080 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Building at 45 East 66th Street Listed historic place
    530 feet
  2. Upper East Side Historic District Listed historic place
    660 feet
  3. Frick Collection Museum
    770 feet
Show all 9
  1. Sara Delano Roosevelt Memorial House Listed historic place
    990 feet
  2. Gertrude Rhinelander Waldo Mansion Listed historic place
    1,030 feet
  3. Asia Society Museum
    1,040 feet
  4. Upper East Side Historic District (Boundary Increase and Additional Documentation) Listed historic place
    1,160 feet
  5. Seventh Regiment Armory Listed historic place
    1,170 feet
  6. Mount Sinai Dispensary Listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Americas Society Art Gallery Arts or cultural center
    420 feet
  2. Italian Cultural Institute Arts or cultural center · listed historic place
    540 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St James Church House of worship
    880 feet
  2. Temple Emanuel Landmark
    950 feet
  3. Congregation Edmond J Safra House of worship
    1,290 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,200 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 places to eat.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 68th 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.