Madison Avenue & East 75th Street

Madison Avenue and East 75th 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, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Whitney Museum of American Art stands 140 feet away. The nearest subway, 77 St, is about six minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 23 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
77 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Madison Av/E 74 St · M1, M2, M3, M4
Within a walk
27 places
8 religious buildings, 5 park features and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Madison Avenue & East 75th 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 six 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 …

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, 110 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
    110 feet
    M1 M2 M3 M4

Next buses at this stop

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

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 76 St & Park Ave 28 docks in all
    710 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at FDR Drive & East 78th Street, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1855 1st Avenue Gas station
    1.6 miles
  2. 50 East 79th Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1,050 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported six crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Nobody was hurt.

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
10021
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 8
City Council district
4
Police precinct
19
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill
Elevation
63 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 1913 and 1947.

Trees

NYC Parks records 74 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

North side of East 75th Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of East 75th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Madison Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs 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: 109140, 112252, 112253 and 114370.

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, 273 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Renaissance, and mostly built between 1880 and 1916.

  1. Whitney Museum of American Art Designated landmark
    140 feet
  2. The Carlyle Hotel Designated landmark
    360 feet
  3. The Finch School Designated landmark
    650 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. Loeb Memorial Fountain Fountain by Frederick George Richard Roth, 1936
    810 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Hewitt School Landmark
    330 feet
  2. The Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · landmark
    430 feet
  3. The Hewitt Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    560 feet
Show all 7
  1. Temple Israel of the City of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    730 feet
  2. Ramaz Upper School
    1,000 feet
  3. Resurrection Episcopal Day School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,030 feet
  4. Buckley School
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    560 feet
  2. Cedar Hill in Central Park Park feature
    830 feet
  3. Alice in Wonderland Statue in Central Park Park feature
    850 feet
Show all 8
  1. Pilgrim Hill & Conservatory Water Playground
    930 feet
  2. Conservatory Water in Central Park Park feature
    940 feet
  3. James Michael Levin Playground
    970 feet
  4. Sophie Loeb Fountain in Central Park Park feature
    980 feet
  5. Hans Christian Andersen Statue in Central Park Park feature
    1,090 feet

Health care

  1. Lenox Hill Hospital
    1,130 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Gertrude Rhinelander Waldo Mansion Listed historic place
    930 feet
  2. James B. Duke Mansion Listed historic place
    1,260 feet
  3. New York Society Library (The) Research library · listed historic place
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Madison Ave Presbyterian Church Landmark
    460 feet
  2. Israel Temple House of worship
    730 feet
  3. Church of the Resurrection House of worship
    790 feet
Show all 5
  1. St James Church House of worship
    1,020 feet
  2. St Jean Baptiste RC Church Listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    870 feet
  2. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    990 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

  1. D'Agostino Supermarket
    1,240 feet
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.4 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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 75th 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.