Madison Avenue & East 88th Street

Madison Avenue and East 88th 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. St Davids School is 360 feet away. The nearest subway, 86 St, is about six minutes on foot, for the 4, 5 and 6. Within a five-minute walk are 32 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 26 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 4, 5, 6
Nearest bus stop
260 feet
Madison Av/E 89 St · M1, M2, M3, M4
Within a walk
32 places
8 religious buildings, 8 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Madison Avenue & East 88th 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
  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 …

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 89 St, 260 feet away, for the M1, M2, M3 and M4.

  • 24 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Madison Av/E 89 St M1, M2, M3, M4
    260 feet
    M1 M2 M3 M4

Next buses at this stop

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

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 49 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 88 St & Park Ave 12 docks in all
    600 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. 118 East 86th Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles

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.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2024.

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
113 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 1959.

Trees

NYC Parks records 73 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 3 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 88th Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of East 88th Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

East side of Madison Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • 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 113959.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 87 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1890 and 1929.

  1. Hotel Graham Designated landmark
    220 feet
  2. The National Academy School of Fine Arts Designated landmark
    430 feet
  3. The Church of the Heavenly Rest Parish Hall Designated landmark
    480 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 public places.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 8 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 listed historic places
  • 4 public spaces
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Park Avenue Synagogue Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    350 feet
  2. St Davids School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    360 feet
  3. St. Thomas Moore Play Group Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    460 feet
Show all 11
  1. Horace Mann School Nursery-Kinderga School · landmark
    780 feet
  2. Spence School
    880 feet
  3. P.S. M169 - Robert F. Kennedy School
    910 feet
  4. Dalton School
    970 feet
  5. Nightingale Bamford School
    1,140 feet
  6. Regis High School
    1,170 feet
  7. The Brick Presbyterian Church in the City of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,250 feet
  8. Convent of the Sacred Heart School
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    560 feet
  2. Fred Lebow Statue in Central Park Park feature
    950 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Park Regis Public space
    380 feet
  2. Public space at 45 East 89th Street Public space
    570 feet
  3. Public space at Carlton Park Public space
    810 feet
Show all 4
  1. Public space at Carnegie Towers Public space
    910 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Landmark · listed historic place
    530 feet
  2. Park Avenue Historic District Listed historic place
    530 feet
  3. Apartment at 1261 Madison Avenue Listed historic place
    630 feet
Show all 6
  1. Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum
    950 feet
  2. Andrew Carnegie Mansion Listed historic place
    1,010 feet
  3. James A. Jr. Burden House and Kahn, Otto H. House Listed historic place
    1,230 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Park Ave Synagogue House of worship
    350 feet
  2. St Thomas More Church House of worship
    370 feet
  3. Beloved Disciple Chapel Landmark · listed historic place
    610 feet
Show all 7
  1. Advent Hope Church House of worship
    770 feet
  2. Immanuel Lutheran Church House of worship
    950 feet
  3. Park Ave Methodist Church House of worship
    1,150 feet
  4. Brick Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,190 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    790 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    870 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    920 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,280 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 26 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 88th 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.