Madison Avenue & East 79th Street

Madison Avenue and East 79th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill, Manhattan. The corner lies on the edge of the Metropolitan Museum Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 19 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Rudolf Steiner School is 350 feet away. The nearest subway, 77 St, is about six minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 29 public places, eight of them listed historic places, and 25 places to eat.

Safety record
13 hurt
19 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
77 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
90 feet
E 79 St/Madison Av · M79 SBS
Within a walk
29 places
8 listed historic places, 5 schools and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Madison Avenue & East 79th 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 E 79 St/Madison Av, 90 feet away, for the M79 SBS.

  • 23 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 79 St/Madison Av M79 SBS
    90 feet
    M79 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. M79 SBS …

Live arrivals

East 79th Street carries a lane DOT records as a shared lane, not a bus-only lane, 7am to 7pm on Monday to Saturday.

Cycling

  • 28 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Madison Ave & E 82 St 34 docks in all
    790 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at FDR Drive & East 78th Street, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1855 1st Avenue Gas station
    1.4 miles
  2. 50 East 79th Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    120 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 19 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 13 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 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, January 2016
  • Turn calming, December 2017

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
74 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is 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 1913 and 1949.

Trees

NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 79th Street

  • 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 MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

South side of East 79th Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY CONSUL-C DIPLOMAT-A & D LICENSE PLATES D/S DECALS ONLY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 3 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

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
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 111749 and 114656.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Metropolitan Museum Historic District.

Within 820 feet are seven Individual Landmarks, and 199 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Renaissance. They were mostly built between 1884 and 1913.

  1. George Rives Residence Designated landmark
    280 feet
  2. (former) Finch College Designated landmark
    420 feet
  3. The Finch School Designated landmark
    520 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Pat Hoffman Friedman Playground.

  1. Irving and Estelle Levy Playground Gate Ornamental gates by A. Walter Beretta, 1958
    660 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 8 listed historic places
  • 5 schools
  • 3 park features
  • 3 public spaces
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Rudolf Steiner School
    350 feet
  2. Ramaz Upper School Landmark
    650 feet
  3. P.S. 006 Lillie D. Blake School
    740 feet
Show all 7
  1. The Hewitt Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,110 feet
  2. Hewitt School
    1,240 feet
  3. All Souls School Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,250 feet
  4. Allen-Stevenson School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Cedar Hill in Central Park Park feature
    530 feet
  2. Central Park Listed historic place
    560 feet
  3. Group of Bears Sculpture in Central Park Park feature
    700 feet
Show all 6
  1. Ruth and Arthur Smadbeck-Heckscher East Playground
    710 feet
  2. Sophie Loeb Fountain in Central Park Park feature
    1,100 feet
  3. James Michael Levin Playground
    1,140 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 980 Fifth Avenue Public space
    470 feet
  2. Public space at Park 900 Public space
    510 feet
  3. Public space at 985 Fifth Avenue Public space
    580 feet

Health care

  1. Lenox Hill Hospital
    1,220 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. New York Society Library (The) Research library · listed historic place
    190 feet
  2. House at 49 East 80th Street Listed historic place
    450 feet
  3. Harry F. Sinclair House Listed historic place
    480 feet
Show all 9
  1. James B. Duke Mansion Listed historic place
    750 feet
  2. East 80th Street Houses Listed historic place
    1,160 feet
  3. William Schickel House Listed historic place
    1,180 feet
  4. Whitney Museum of American Art Listed historic place
    1,200 feet
  5. Duke Residence Listed historic place
    1,270 feet
  6. 133 East 80th Street Listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Unitarian Church All Soul House of worship
    1,250 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    100 feet
  2. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    140 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. D'Agostino Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  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 25 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 79th 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.