Madison Avenue & East 84th Street

Madison Avenue and East 84th 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, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. St Ignatius Loyola School is 280 feet away. The nearest subway, 86 St, is about six minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, seven of them schools, and 28 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 4, 5, 6
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Madison Av/E 84 St · BxM2, BxM3, BxM4, BxM11
Within a walk
24 places
7 schools, 6 listed historic places and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Madison Avenue & East 84th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 86 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 86 St 4, 5, 6
    0.3 miles
    4 5 6

Next trains at this station

Uptown
3 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. 5 …
  3. 6 …
Downtown
3 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. 5 …
  3. 6 …

Also within a walk

  1. 86 St Q
    0.5 miles
    Q

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Happy City” (2004) by Peter Sis at the 86 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Madison Av/E 84 St, 60 feet away, for the BxM2, BxM3, BxM4 and BxM11.

  • 21 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Madison Av/E 84 St BxM2, BxM3, BxM4, BxM11
    60 feet
    BxM2 BxM3 BxM4 BxM11

Next buses at this stop

  1. BxM2 …
  2. BxM3 …
  3. BxM4 …
  4. BxM11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 27 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
    580 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at York Avenue & East 92nd Street, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1855 1st Avenue Gas station
    1.2 miles
  2. 113 East 84th Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    770 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2016

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
98 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to three travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 3,700 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 1920 and 1955.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2018 and July 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 84th Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY CONSUL-C DIPLOMAT-A & D LICENSE PLATES D/S DECALS ONLY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

South side of East 84th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of Madison Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 10AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-10AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 10AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Madison Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 110448 and 114459.

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 two Individual Landmarks, and 89 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Neoclassical. They were mostly built between 1894 and 1925.

  1. Church of St. Ignatius Loyola Designated landmark
    340 feet
  2. South Reformed Church Rectory and Parish Hall Designated landmark
    390 feet
  3. South Reformed Church (Park Avenue Christian Church) Designated landmark
    440 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Ancient Playground, Central Park.

  1. William Church Osborn Gates Ornamental gates by Paul Manship, 1953
    600 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 public places.

  • 7 schools
  • 6 listed historic places
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 park
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. St Ignatius Loyola School
    280 feet
  2. Regis High School Landmark
    370 feet
  3. Marymount School of NY School
    530 feet
Show all 10
  1. Loyola School Landmark
    770 feet
  2. Park Avenue Synagogue Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    820 feet
  3. P.S. 006 Lillie D. Blake School
    850 feet
  4. Ramaz Middle School
    960 feet
  5. The Lower and Early Childhood Center School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,080 feet
  6. Ramaz Lower School
    1,220 feet
  7. All My Children Day Care and Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    570 feet
  2. Ancient Playground
    610 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 111 East 85th Street Public space
    1,190 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Church of St. Ignatius Loyola Complex Listed historic place
    280 feet
  2. Houses at 1026-1028 Fifth Avenue Listed historic place
    500 feet
  3. William Schickel House Listed historic place
    530 feet
Show all 6
  1. Lewis G. Morris House Listed historic place
    840 feet
  2. Duke Residence Listed historic place
    980 feet
  3. House at 49 East 80th Street Listed historic place
    1,090 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Park Ave Synagogue House of worship
    820 feet
  2. Park Ave Methodist Church House of worship
    1,010 feet
  3. Congregation or Zarua House of worship
    1,220 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    230 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    800 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    920 feet
  2. D'Agostino Supermarket
    1,180 feet
  3. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,100 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 places to eat and eight food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 84th 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.