Madison Avenue & East 76th Street

Madison Avenue and East 76th 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, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The Carlyle Hotel stands 130 feet away. The nearest subway, 77 St, is about five minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 29 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 22 places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
77 St
1,210 feet · 5 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
370 feet
Madison Av/E 74 St · M1, M2, M3, M4
Within a walk
29 places
8 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Madison Avenue & East 76th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 77 St, 1,210 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. 77 St 6
    1,210 feet
    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, 370 feet away, for the M1, M2, M3 and M4.

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

Next buses at this stop

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

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 25 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 76 St & Park Ave 28 docks in all
    440 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
    780 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 10 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2019
  • Turn calming, December 2022

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
66 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.

Trees

NYC Parks records 73 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2017 and April 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on Madison Avenue (east side), and as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on Madison Avenue (west side).

North side of East 76th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 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 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of East 76th Street

  • Metered parking 2 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 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 109204, 111630, 112252 and 113723.

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, 265 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Renaissance, and mostly built between 1880 and 1911.

  1. The Carlyle Hotel Designated landmark
    130 feet
  2. Whitney Museum of American Art Designated landmark
    380 feet
  3. The Finch School Designated landmark
    410 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
    670 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. The Hewitt Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    300 feet
  2. Hewitt School Landmark
    430 feet
  3. The Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    690 feet
Show all 7
  1. Ramaz Upper School Landmark
    730 feet
  2. Temple Israel of the City of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    880 feet
  3. Rudolf Steiner School
    1,170 feet
  4. Resurrection Episcopal Day School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    560 feet
  2. Cedar Hill in Central Park Park feature
    570 feet
  3. James Michael Levin Playground
    710 feet
Show all 7
  1. Sophie Loeb Fountain in Central Park Park feature
    720 feet
  2. Alice in Wonderland Statue in Central Park Park feature
    880 feet
  3. Pilgrim Hill & Conservatory Water Playground
    1,190 feet
  4. Conservatory Water in Central Park Park feature
    1,200 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 980 Fifth Avenue Public space
    1,290 feet

Health care

  1. Lenox Hill Hospital
    860 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. James B. Duke Mansion Listed historic place
    990 feet
  2. New York Society Library (The) Research library · listed historic place
    1,000 feet
  3. Gertrude Rhinelander Waldo Mansion Listed historic place
    1,190 feet
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  1. House at 49 East 80th Street Listed historic place
    1,260 feet
  2. Harry F. Sinclair House Listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Madison Ave Presbyterian Church House of worship
    730 feet
  2. Israel Temple House of worship
    880 feet
  3. Church of the Resurrection House of worship
    1,050 feet
Show all 5
  1. St Jean Baptiste RC Church Listed historic place
    1,190 feet
  2. St James Church House of worship
    1,290 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    730 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    760 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    960 feet

Supermarkets

  1. D'Agostino Supermarket
    1,070 feet
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,210 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 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 76th 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.