Madison Avenue & East 89th Street

Madison Avenue and East 89th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill, Manhattan. The corner lies on the edge of the Expanded Carnegie Hill Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Hotel Graham stands 150 feet away. The nearest subway, 86 St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 4, 5 and 6. Within a five-minute walk are 36 public places, eight of them schools, and 23 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · 4, 5, 6
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Madison Av/E 89 St · M1, M2, M3, M4
Within a walk
36 places
8 schools, 7 listed historic places and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Madison Avenue & East 89th 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 seven 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, 40 feet away, for the M1, M2, M3 and M4.

  • 22 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Madison Av/E 89 St M1, M2, M3, M4
    40 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
    840 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at York Avenue & East 92nd Street, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1855 1st Avenue Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. 60 East 94th Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2023.

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
105 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,000 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 1925 and 1958.

Trees

NYC Parks records 71 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2018 and April 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 89th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of East 89th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

East side of Madison Avenue

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

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: 110390 and 111238.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Expanded Carnegie Hill Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 128 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1888 and 1928.

  1. Hotel Graham Designated landmark
    150 feet
  2. The Church of the Heavenly Rest Parish Hall Designated landmark
    280 feet
  3. The National Academy School of Fine Arts Designated landmark
    290 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in Central Park.

  1. John Purroy Mitchel Stele by Adolph Alexander Weinman, 1928
    770 feet
  2. William T. Stead Memorial Stele by George William Frampton, 1920
    770 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 36 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. St Davids School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    190 feet
  2. St. Thomas Moore Play Group Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    200 feet
  3. Horace Mann School Nursery-Kinderga School · landmark
    520 feet
Show all 11
  1. Park Avenue Synagogue Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    610 feet
  2. Spence School
    620 feet
  3. Dalton School
    780 feet
  4. Nightingale Bamford School
    880 feet
  5. The Brick Presbyterian Church in the City of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    990 feet
  6. Convent of the Sacred Heart School
    1,000 feet
  7. Spence School at 93rd School
    1,120 feet
  8. P.S. M169 - Robert F. Kennedy School
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

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

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Park Regis Public space
    300 feet
  2. Public space at 45 East 89th Street Public space
    310 feet
  3. Public space at Carlton Park Public space
    1,070 feet
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  1. Public space at Carnegie Towers Public space
    1,160 feet
  2. Public space at Carnegie Hill Tower Public space
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Apartment at 1261 Madison Avenue Listed historic place
    370 feet
  2. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Landmark · listed historic place
    530 feet
  3. Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum
    690 feet
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  1. Andrew Carnegie Mansion Listed historic place
    740 feet
  2. Park Avenue Historic District Listed historic place
    790 feet
  3. James A. Jr. Burden House and Kahn, Otto H. House Listed historic place
    970 feet
  4. Jewish Museum Listed historic place
    1,060 feet
  5. William Goadby Loew House Listed historic place
    1,120 feet
  6. Mrs. Graham Fair Vanderbilt House Listed historic place
    1,190 feet
  7. Houses at 146-156 East 89th Street Listed historic place
    1,210 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Thomas More Church House of worship
    190 feet
  2. Beloved Disciple Chapel Landmark · listed historic place
    340 feet
  3. Park Ave Synagogue House of worship
    610 feet
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  1. Brick Presbyterian Church House of worship
    930 feet
  2. Advent Hope Church House of worship
    1,030 feet
  3. Immanuel Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,050 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    600 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    880 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,180 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    480 feet
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    1,110 feet
  3. Westside Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 89th 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.