Madison Avenue & East 87th Street

Madison Avenue and East 87th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Park Ave Synagogue is 160 feet away, and Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum is 1,220 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 33 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 23 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
1,240 feet · 5 min on foot · 4, 5, 6
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
Madison Av/E 86 St · M1, M2, M3, M4
Within a walk
33 places
7 religious buildings, 7 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Madison Avenue & East 87th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 86 St, 1,240 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
    1,240 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 86 St, 160 feet away, for the M1, M2, M3 and M4.

  • 23 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Madison Av/E 86 St M1, M2, M3, M4
    160 feet
    M1 M2 M3 M4

Next buses at this stop

  1. M1 …
  2. M2 …
  3. M3 …
  4. M4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 5 Ave & E 87 St 39 docks in all
    550 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at York Avenue & East 92nd Street, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1855 1st Avenue Gas station
    1 mile
  2. 11 East 86th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    990 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three 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 July 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2019

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10128
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 8
City Council district
4
Police precinct
19
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill
Elevation
110 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,900 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 1924 and 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 77 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2018 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 87th Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of East 87th Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Madison Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

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: 111607 and 113208.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 70 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Modern. They were mostly built between 1909 and 1930.

  1. Hotel Graham Designated landmark
    460 feet
  2. The National Academy School of Fine Arts Designated landmark
    650 feet
  3. The Church of the Heavenly Rest Parish Hall Designated landmark
    720 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Park Avenue Synagogue Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    160 feet
  2. St Davids School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    620 feet
  3. St. Thomas Moore Play Group Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    720 feet
Show all 9
  1. Regis High School Landmark
    910 feet
  2. P.S. M169 - Robert F. Kennedy School
    930 feet
  3. Horace Mann School Nursery-Kinderga School
    1,040 feet
  4. St Ignatius Loyola School
    1,110 feet
  5. Spence School
    1,140 feet
  6. Dalton School
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    570 feet
  2. Ancient Playground
    1,150 feet
  3. Fred Lebow Statue in Central Park Park feature
    1,210 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Park Regis Public space
    640 feet
  2. Public space at Carlton Park Public space
    650 feet
  3. Public space at 45 East 89th Street Public space
    840 feet
Show all 5
  1. Public space at Carnegie Towers Public space
    930 feet
  2. Public space at 111 East 85th Street Public space
    1,180 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Park Avenue Historic District Listed historic place
    760 feet
  2. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Landmark · listed historic place
    790 feet
  3. Apartment at 1261 Madison Avenue Listed historic place
    890 feet
Show all 8
  1. Church of St. Ignatius Loyola Complex Listed historic place
    1,110 feet
  2. Lewis G. Morris House Listed historic place
    1,190 feet
  3. Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum
    1,220 feet
  4. Andrew Carnegie Mansion Listed historic place
    1,270 feet
  5. 86th Street Subway Station (Dual System IRT) Listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Park Ave Synagogue House of worship
    160 feet
  2. St Thomas More Church House of worship
    630 feet
  3. Advent Hope Church House of worship
    690 feet
Show all 6
  1. Beloved Disciple Chapel Listed historic place
    870 feet
  2. Park Ave Methodist Church House of worship
    890 feet
  3. Immanuel Lutheran Church House of worship
    990 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    530 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    660 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    90 feet
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,020 feet
  2. Duane Reade 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 23 places to eat and nine food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 87th 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 Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.