Madison Avenue & East 80th Street

Madison Avenue and East 80th 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, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. George Rives Residence, one of seven Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 320 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 and 26 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
77 St
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Madison Av/E 80 St · BxM2, BxM3, BxM4
Within a walk
25 places
7 listed historic places, 5 schools and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Madison Avenue & East 80th 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.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  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. 86 St 4, 5, 6
    0.5 miles
    4 5 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 80 St, 50 feet away, for the BxM2, BxM3 and BxM4.

  • 21 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Madison Av/E 80 St BxM2, BxM3, BxM4
    50 feet
    BxM2 BxM3 BxM4

Next buses at this stop

  1. BxM2 …
  2. BxM3 …
  3. BxM4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Madison Ave & E 82 St 34 docks in all
    510 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
    1.4 miles
  2. 101 East 78th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1,200 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 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.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2019

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
82 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 69 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2023 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 80th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of East 80th Street

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

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 111741, 112348, 112656 and 114399.

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 178 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Beaux-Arts. They were mostly built between 1884 and 1915.

  1. George Rives Residence Designated landmark
    320 feet
  2. The Stanhope Hotel Designated landmark
    430 feet
  3. (former) Finch College Designated landmark
    680 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 25 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Rudolf Steiner School
    440 feet
  2. P.S. 006 Lillie D. Blake School
    450 feet
  3. Ramaz Upper School Landmark
    930 feet
Show all 6
  1. All Souls School Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,140 feet
  2. St Ignatius Loyola School
    1,180 feet
  3. Loyola School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    560 feet
  2. Ruth and Arthur Smadbeck-Heckscher East Playground
    670 feet
  3. Group of Bears Sculpture in Central Park Park feature
    720 feet
Show all 4
  1. Cedar Hill in Central Park Park feature
    760 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Park 900 Public space
    500 feet
  2. Public space at 985 Fifth Avenue Public space
    540 feet
  3. Public space at 980 Fifth Avenue Public space
    750 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. House at 49 East 80th Street Listed historic place
    170 feet
  2. New York Society Library (The) Research library · listed historic place
    340 feet
  3. Harry F. Sinclair House Listed historic place
    760 feet
Show all 9
  1. East 80th Street Houses Listed historic place
    880 feet
  2. William Schickel House Listed historic place
    900 feet
  3. Duke Residence Listed historic place
    980 feet
  4. 133 East 80th Street Listed historic place
    1,030 feet
  5. James B. Duke Mansion Listed historic place
    1,030 feet
  6. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum · landmark
    1,090 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Unitarian Church All Soul House of worship
    1,140 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    190 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    390 feet
  3. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    430 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 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 80th 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.