Madison Avenue & East 73rd Street

Madison Avenue and East 73rd 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, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Madison Ave Presbyterian Church is 100 feet away. The nearest subway, 77 St, is about eight minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 27 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
77 St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Madison Av/E 72 St · M1, M2, M3, M4
Within a walk
25 places
6 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Madison Avenue & East 73rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 77 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 77 St 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. 68 St-Hunter College 6
    0.4 miles
    6
  2. 72 St Q
    0.5 miles
    Q

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “4 Seasons Seasoned” (2004) by Robert Kushner at the 77 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Madison Av/E 72 St, 120 feet away, for the M1, M2, M3 and M4.

  • 22 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Madison Av/E 72 St M1, M2, M3, M4
    120 feet
    M1 M2 M3 M4

Next buses at this stop

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

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 5 Ave & E 72 St 33 docks in all
    670 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at East 70th Street, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1855 1st Avenue Gas station
    1.7 miles
  2. 50 East 79th Street Charging for electric cars, ten 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 one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2021.

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
62 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to three travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are 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 1915 and 1947.

Trees

NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2017 and July 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 73rd Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of East 73rd Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • 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

East side of Madison Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM

West side of Madison Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-9AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 112938, 112939, 113684 and 114010.

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, 261 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Renaissance, and mostly built between 1881 and 1924.

  1. Whitney Museum of American Art Designated landmark
    450 feet
  2. Frick Art Reference Library 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. Waldo Hutchins Memorial Exedra by Paul Howard Manship and Corrado Howard, 1932
    640 feet
  2. Samuel Finley Breese Morse Statue by Byron M. Pickett, 1871
    680 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. The Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · landmark
    110 feet
  2. Hewitt School
    860 feet
  3. Buckley School
    900 feet
Show all 6
  1. Resurrection Episcopal Day School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,030 feet
  2. Temple Israel of the City of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,070 feet
  3. The Hewitt Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,090 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    560 feet
  2. Pilgrim Hill & Conservatory Water Playground
    740 feet
  3. Conservatory Water in Central Park Park feature
    930 feet
Show all 7
  1. East 72nd Street Playground
    950 feet
  2. Hans Christian Andersen Statue in Central Park Park feature
    1,100 feet
  3. Pilgrim Hill in Central Park Park feature
    1,120 feet
  4. Alice in Wonderland Statue in Central Park Park feature
    1,200 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 733 Park Avenue Public space
    1,210 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Gertrude Rhinelander Waldo Mansion Listed historic place
    400 feet
  2. Frick Collection Museum
    840 feet
  3. Upper East Side Historic District Listed historic place
    1,170 feet
Show all 5
  1. East 73rd Street Historic District Listed historic place
    1,270 feet
  2. Asia Society Museum
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Madison Ave Presbyterian Church Landmark
    100 feet
  2. St James Church Landmark
    500 feet
  3. Church of the Resurrection House of worship
    880 feet
Show all 4
  1. Israel Temple House of worship
    1,070 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    340 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 places to eat and one food store.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 73rd 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.