Madison Avenue & East 74th Street

Madison Avenue and East 74th 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, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Central Park is 580 feet away, and Ramaz Upper School is 1,260 feet away. The nearest subway, 77 St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 23 places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
77 St
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
Madison Av/E 74 St · M1, M2, M3, M4
Within a walk
25 places
6 religious buildings, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Madison Avenue & East 74th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 77 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. 77 St 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. 68 St-Hunter College 6
    0.5 miles
    6

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 74 St, 170 feet away, for the M1, M2, M3 and M4.

  • 22 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Madison Av/E 74 St M1, M2, M3, M4
    170 feet
    M1 M2 M3 M4

Next buses at this stop

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

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 21 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
    930 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at East 70th Street, 1 mile 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
    1,310 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 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
61 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,200 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 1912 and 1947.

Trees

NYC Parks records 77 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2017 and July 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 74th 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
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO CONSUL & DIPLOMAT LICENSE PLATES MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-4PM DELIVERY DECAL REQUIRED
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of East 74th Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of Madison Avenue

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

West side of Madison Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 109142, 110319, 112286 and 114553.

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, 269 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Renaissance, and mostly built between 1881 and 1917.

  1. Whitney Museum of American Art Designated landmark
    200 feet
  2. The Carlyle Hotel Designated landmark
    620 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. Waldo Hutchins Memorial Exedra by Paul Howard Manship and Corrado Howard, 1932
    760 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
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 5 park features
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 3 schools
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · landmark
    160 feet
  2. Hewitt School Landmark
    590 feet
  3. Resurrection Episcopal Day School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    760 feet
Show all 8
  1. Temple Israel of the City of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    800 feet
  2. The Hewitt Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    830 feet
  3. Buckley School
    910 feet
  4. Sam School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,130 feet
  5. Ramaz Upper School
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    580 feet
  2. Pilgrim Hill & Conservatory Water Playground
    660 feet
  3. Conservatory Water in Central Park Park feature
    840 feet
Show all 9
  1. Alice in Wonderland Statue in Central Park Park feature
    980 feet
  2. Hans Christian Andersen Statue in Central Park Park feature
    1,030 feet
  3. Cedar Hill in Central Park Park feature
    1,100 feet
  4. East 72nd Street Playground
    1,210 feet
  5. James Michael Levin Playground
    1,230 feet
  6. Sophie Loeb Fountain in Central Park Park feature
    1,240 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Gertrude Rhinelander Waldo Mansion Listed historic place
    660 feet
  2. Frick Collection Museum
    1,100 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Madison Ave Presbyterian Church Landmark
    200 feet
  2. Church of the Resurrection Landmark
    720 feet
  3. St James Church House of worship
    760 feet
Show all 4
  1. Israel Temple House of worship
    800 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    610 feet
  2. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 places to eat and four food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 74th 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.