Madison Avenue & East 70th Street

Madison Avenue and East 70th 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. Hotel Westbury stands 150 feet away, and Manhattan High School for Girls is 1,180 feet away. The nearest subway, 68 St-Hunter College, is about six minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 29 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
68 St-Hunter College
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
Madison Av/E 70 St · BxM3, BxM4, BxM11
Within a walk
22 places
4 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Madison Avenue & East 70th 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.

  • 2 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. 72 St Q
    0.4 miles
    Q

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 70 St, 30 feet away, for the BxM3, BxM4 and BxM11.

  • 21 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Madison Av/E 70 St BxM3, BxM4, BxM11
    30 feet
    BxM3 BxM4 BxM11

Next buses at this stop

  1. BxM3 …
  2. BxM4 …
  3. BxM11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on East 70th Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at East 70th Street, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1855 1st Avenue Gas station
    1.9 miles
  2. 301 East 79th Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    840 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 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.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2019

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10021
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 8
City Council district
4
Police precinct
19
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill
Elevation
80 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,000 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 1919 and 1949.

Trees

NYC Parks records 71 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules
  • 6 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2018 and May 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 70th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING 8AM-6PM ALL DAYS

South side of East 70th Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 6AM-6PM ALL DAYS
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Madison Avenue

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 102860, 104458, 110490 and 114324.

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, 247 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Federal, and mostly built between 1881 and 1922.

  1. Hotel Westbury Designated landmark
    150 feet
  2. Frick Art Reference Library Designated landmark
    260 feet
  3. The Union Club of New York Designated landmark
    690 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. Richard Morris Hunt Memorial Bust by Daniel Chester French, 1898
    570 feet
  2. Samuel Finley Breese Morse Statue by Byron M. Pickett, 1871
    800 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. The Episcopal School in the City of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    550 feet
  2. The Children's Learning Center at Hunter College Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    850 feet
  3. Dominican Academy School
    880 feet
Show all 6
  1. The Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    940 feet
  2. CUNY Hunter College
    1,120 feet
  3. Manhattan High School for Girls School
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    570 feet
  2. East Green in Central Park Park feature
    770 feet
  3. East 72nd Street Playground
    850 feet
Show all 4
  1. Billy Johnson Playground
    1,230 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 733 Park Avenue Public space
    800 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Upper East Side Historic District Listed historic place
    340 feet
  2. Frick Collection Museum
    360 feet
  3. Gertrude Rhinelander Waldo Mansion Listed historic place
    510 feet
Show all 5
  1. Asia Society Museum · landmark
    630 feet
  2. Building at 45 East 66th Street Listed historic place
    1,050 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

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

Houses of worship

  1. St James Church Landmark
    360 feet
  2. Madison Ave Presbyterian Church House of worship
    910 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    670 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. D'Agostino Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 places to eat and two food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 70th Street or Madison Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, 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.