Madison Avenue & East 77th Street

Madison Avenue and East 77th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill, Manhattan. The corner lies on the edge of the Upper East Side Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The Finch School stands 240 feet away, and Madison Ave Presbyterian Church is 990 feet away. The nearest subway, 77 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 29 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 33 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
77 St
940 feet · 4 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
Madison Av/E 77 St · M1, M2, M3, M4
Within a walk
29 places
5 religious buildings, 5 schools and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Madison Avenue & East 77th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 77 St, 940 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. 77 St 6
    940 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 77 St, 180 feet away, for the M1, M2, M3 and M4.

  • 24 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Madison Av/E 77 St M1, M2, M3, M4
    180 feet
    M1 M2 M3 M4

Next buses at this stop

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

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on East 77th Street.

  • 26 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
    710 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at FDR Drive & East 78th Street, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 1855 1st Avenue Gas station
    1.5 miles
  2. 50 East 79th Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    520 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 five crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 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
  • Turn calming, June 2021

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10075
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 8
City Council district
4
Police precinct
19
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill
Elevation
68 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,900 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 1910 and 1949.

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
  • 42 signs on these blocks
  • 15 different rules
  • 6 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2016 and March 2024; 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 9am to 7pm on Madison Avenue (west side).

North side of East 77th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING 8AM-6PM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE

South side of East 77th Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-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
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS

East side of Madison Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 109203, 110131, 113008 and 114774.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Upper East Side Historic District.

Within 820 feet are four Individual Landmarks, and 243 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Renaissance. They were mostly built between 1881 and 1912.

  1. The Carlyle Hotel Designated landmark
    160 feet
  2. The Finch School Designated landmark
    240 feet
  3. (former) Finch College Designated landmark
    280 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
    630 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

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

Schools and child care

  1. Ramaz Upper School Landmark
    470 feet
  2. The Hewitt Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    560 feet
  3. Hewitt School Landmark
    690 feet
Show all 8
  1. Rudolf Steiner School
    900 feet
  2. The Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    950 feet
  3. Temple Israel of the City of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,140 feet
  4. Allen-Stevenson School
    1,260 feet
  5. P.S. 006 Lillie D. Blake School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Cedar Hill in Central Park Park feature
    530 feet
  2. Central Park Listed historic place
    570 feet
  3. James Michael Levin Playground
    590 feet
Show all 7
  1. Sophie Loeb Fountain in Central Park Park feature
    620 feet
  2. Alice in Wonderland Statue in Central Park Park feature
    1,070 feet
  3. Group of Bears Sculpture in Central Park Park feature
    1,210 feet
  4. Ruth and Arthur Smadbeck-Heckscher East Playground
    1,260 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 980 Fifth Avenue Public space
    1,020 feet
  2. Public space at Park 900 Public space
    1,060 feet
  3. Public space at 985 Fifth Avenue Public space
    1,130 feet

Health care

  1. Lenox Hill Hospital
    680 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Whitney Museum of American Art Listed historic place
    650 feet
  2. James B. Duke Mansion Listed historic place
    730 feet
  3. New York Society Library (The) Research library · listed historic place
    730 feet
Show all 5
  1. House at 49 East 80th Street Listed historic place
    1,000 feet
  2. Harry F. Sinclair House Listed historic place
    1,030 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Madison Ave Presbyterian Church House of worship
    990 feet
  2. Israel Temple House of worship
    1,140 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    460 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    490 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    700 feet

Supermarkets

  1. D'Agostino Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,130 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 places to eat and five food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 77th Street or Madison Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, 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.