Madison Avenue & East 72nd Street

Madison Avenue and East 72nd 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, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Frick Art Reference Library stands 430 feet away, and Pilgrim Hill in Central Park is 1,110 feet away. The nearest subway, 68 St-Hunter College, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 26 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
68 St-Hunter College
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
E 72 St/Madison Av · M72
Within a walk
24 places
5 religious buildings, 4 park features and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Madison Avenue & East 72nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 68 St-Hunter College, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 77 St 6
    0.4 miles
    6
  2. 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 E 72 St/Madison Av, 50 feet away, for the M72.

  • 22 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 72 St/Madison Av M72 · Shelter
    50 feet
    M72
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M72 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 72 St & Park Ave 43 docks in all
    440 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at East 70th Street, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1855 1st Avenue Gas station
    1.8 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
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 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
69 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 3,100 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 1948.

Trees

NYC Parks records 61 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 38 signs on these blocks
  • 15 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2019 and April 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 72nd Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of East 72nd Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY CONSUL-C DIPLOMAT-A & D LICENSE PLATES D/S DECALS ONLY
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Madison Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-4PM SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-10AM 4PM-7PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 10AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Madison Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 111455, 111560, 112939 and 113684.

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-Renaissance, and mostly built between 1881 and 1925.

  1. Frick Art Reference Library Designated landmark
    430 feet
  2. Hotel Westbury Designated landmark
    670 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. Samuel Finley Breese Morse Statue by Byron M. Pickett, 1871
    610 feet
  2. Waldo Hutchins Memorial Exedra by Paul Howard Manship and Corrado Howard, 1932
    610 feet
  3. Richard Morris Hunt Memorial Bust by Daniel Chester French, 1898
    670 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

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

Schools and child care

  1. The Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · landmark
    390 feet
  2. The Episcopal School in the City of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,100 feet
  3. Hewitt School
    1,150 feet
Show all 5
  1. Buckley School
    1,180 feet
  2. Resurrection Episcopal Day School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    560 feet
  2. East 72nd Street Playground
    670 feet
  3. Pilgrim Hill & Conservatory Water Playground
    1,030 feet
Show all 7
  1. Pilgrim Hill in Central Park Park feature
    1,110 feet
  2. Bethesda Terrace in Central Park Park feature
    1,160 feet
  3. East Green in Central Park Park feature
    1,170 feet
  4. Conservatory Water in Central Park Park feature
    1,210 feet

Plazas and public spaces

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Gertrude Rhinelander Waldo Mansion Listed historic place
    110 feet
  2. Frick Collection Museum
    550 feet
  3. Whitney Museum of American Art Listed historic place
    830 feet
Show all 5
  1. Upper East Side Historic District Listed historic place
    880 feet
  2. Asia Society Museum
    990 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Americas Society Art Gallery Arts or cultural center
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St James Church Landmark
    220 feet
  2. Madison Ave Presbyterian Church Landmark
    360 feet
  3. Church of the Resurrection House of worship
    1,160 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    130 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles
  2. CVS 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 26 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 72nd 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.