Madison Avenue & East 85th Street

Madison Avenue and East 85th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Regis High School is 340 feet away. The nearest subway, 86 St, is about five minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, eight of them schools, and 22 places to eat.

Safety record
12 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
1,260 feet · 5 min on foot · 4, 5, 6
Nearest bus stop
240 feet
Madison Av/E 84 St · BxM2, BxM3, BxM4, BxM11
Within a walk
27 places
8 schools, 6 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Madison Avenue & East 85th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 86 St, 1,260 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 86 St 4, 5, 6
    1,260 feet
    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, 240 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
    240 feet
    BxM2 BxM3 BxM4 BxM11

Next buses at this stop

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

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 29 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
    840 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
    1.1 miles
  2. 11 East 86th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    700 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2025.

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
99 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,400 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 1923 and 1957.

Trees

NYC Parks records 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 6 active meters
  • 5 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2018 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 85th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of East 85th Street

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

East side of Madison Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 10AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • 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
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 7AM-10AM 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
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-9AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 109245, 109246, 109806, 110448 and 111977.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 71 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Neoclassical. They were mostly built between 1899 and 1925.

  1. South Reformed Church Rectory and Parish Hall Designated landmark
    380 feet
  2. South Reformed Church (Park Avenue Christian Church) Designated landmark
    390 feet
  3. Church of St. Ignatius Loyola Designated landmark
    470 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
    580 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 public places.

  • 8 schools
  • 6 religious buildings
  • 5 listed historic places
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 public spaces
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Regis High School Landmark
    340 feet
  2. St Ignatius Loyola School
    540 feet
  3. Park Avenue Synagogue Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    560 feet
Show all 11
  1. Marymount School of NY School
    800 feet
  2. The Lower and Early Childhood Center School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    820 feet
  3. Ramaz Middle School
    860 feet
  4. Ramaz Lower School
    950 feet
  5. Loyola School Landmark
    1,030 feet
  6. P.S. 006 Lillie D. Blake School
    1,110 feet
  7. St Davids School
    1,190 feet
  8. St. Thomas Moore Play Group Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    560 feet
  2. Ancient Playground
    600 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 111 East 85th Street Public space
    930 feet
  2. Public space at Park Regis Public space
    1,210 feet
  3. Public space at Carlton Park Public space
    1,220 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Church of St. Ignatius Loyola Complex Listed historic place
    540 feet
  2. Lewis G. Morris House Listed historic place
    620 feet
  3. Houses at 1026-1028 Fifth Avenue Listed historic place
    760 feet
Show all 5
  1. William Schickel House Listed historic place
    790 feet
  2. Duke Residence Listed historic place
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Park Ave Synagogue House of worship
    560 feet
  2. Park Ave Methodist Church House of worship
    760 feet
  3. Advent Hope Church House of worship
    1,160 feet
Show all 4
  1. St Thomas More Church House of worship
    1,200 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    90 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    530 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    1,190 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 places to eat and seven food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 85th 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.