Madison Avenue & East 81st Street

Madison Avenue and East 81st Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. P.S. 006 Lillie D. Blake is 190 feet away, and Group of Bears Sculpture in Central Park is 970 feet away. The nearest subway, 77 St, is about eight minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 29 public places, nine of them listed historic places, and 24 places to eat.

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

Map

Layers
Madison Avenue & East 81st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 77 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 77 St 6
    0.4 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
    0.4 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, 240 feet away, for the BxM2, BxM3 and BxM4.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. BxM2 …
  2. BxM3 …
  3. BxM4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 30 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Madison Ave & E 82 St 34 docks in all
    250 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
    1.3 miles
  2. 113 East 84th Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  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 seven crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2019

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10028
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 8
City Council district
4
Police precinct
19
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill
Elevation
86 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 81 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 37 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2017 and March 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 81st Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 81st Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

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 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Madison Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-9AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 111741 and 111875.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are six Individual Landmarks, and 148 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Beaux-Arts. They were mostly built between 1885 and 1913.

  1. The Stanhope Hotel Designated landmark
    390 feet
  2. George Rives Residence Designated landmark
    510 feet
  3. Church of St. Ignatius Loyola Designated landmark
    790 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
    760 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 9 listed historic places
  • 8 schools
  • 3 public spaces
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 park features
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 006 Lillie D. Blake School
    190 feet
  2. Rudolf Steiner School
    700 feet
  3. St Ignatius Loyola School
    920 feet
Show all 8
  1. Loyola School Landmark
    1,040 feet
  2. Regis High School
    1,160 feet
  3. Ramaz Upper School
    1,200 feet
  4. Emet Classical Academy School
    1,260 feet
  5. Marymount School of NY School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    570 feet
  2. Ruth and Arthur Smadbeck-Heckscher East Playground
    930 feet
  3. Group of Bears Sculpture in Central Park Park feature
    970 feet
Show all 4
  1. Cedar Hill in Central Park Park feature
    1,020 feet

Plazas and public spaces

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. House at 49 East 80th Street Listed historic place
    300 feet
  2. New York Society Library (The) Research library · listed historic place
    610 feet
  3. William Schickel House Listed historic place
    640 feet
Show all 11
  1. Duke Residence Listed historic place
    720 feet
  2. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum · landmark
    820 feet
  3. Harry F. Sinclair House Listed historic place
    1,030 feet
  4. Church of St. Ignatius Loyola Complex Listed historic place
    1,070 feet
  5. East 80th Street Houses Listed historic place
    1,140 feet
  6. 133 East 80th Street Listed historic place
    1,250 feet
  7. Houses at 1026-1028 Fifth Avenue Listed historic place
    1,290 feet
  8. James B. Duke Mansion Listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Congregation or Zarua House of worship
    1,050 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    460 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    650 feet
  3. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    690 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 places to eat and six food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 81st 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.