Madison Avenue & East 90th Street

Madison Avenue and East 90th 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, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The Church of the Heavenly Rest Parish Hall stands 260 feet away. The nearest subway, 86 St, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 4, 5 and 6. Within a five-minute walk are 36 public places, nine of them listed historic places, and 26 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 4, 5, 6
Nearest bus stop
310 feet
Madison Av/E 89 St · M1, M2, M3, M4
Within a walk
36 places
9 listed historic places, 8 religious buildings and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Madison Avenue & East 90th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 86 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. 86 St 4, 5, 6
    0.4 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. 96 St 6
    0.5 miles
    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, 310 feet away, for the M1, M2, M3 and M4.

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

Next buses at this stop

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

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on East 90th Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 91 St & Park Ave 35 docks in all
    650 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
    1,210 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported seven crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

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
107 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,500 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 1954.

Trees

NYC Parks records 71 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the thornless honeylocust and the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2018 and January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 90th Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY CONSUL-C DIPLOMAT-A & D LICENSE PLATES D/S DECALS ONLY
  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of East 90th Street

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

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, 184 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1889 and 1926.

  1. The Church of the Heavenly Rest Parish Hall Designated landmark
    260 feet
  2. The National Academy School of Fine Arts Designated landmark
    350 feet
  3. Hotel Graham Designated landmark
    360 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. William T. Stead Memorial Stele by George William Frampton, 1920
    630 feet
  2. John Purroy Mitchel Stele by Adolph Alexander Weinman, 1928
    720 feet
  3. Night Presence IV Sculpture by Louise Nevelson, 1973
    760 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 9 listed historic places
  • 8 religious buildings
  • 7 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 museums
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Horace Mann School Nursery-Kinderga School · landmark
    260 feet
  2. Spence School Landmark
    350 feet
  3. St Davids School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    450 feet
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  1. St. Thomas Moore Play Group Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    460 feet
  2. Dalton School
    520 feet
  3. Nightingale Bamford School
    620 feet
  4. The Brick Presbyterian Church in the City of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    730 feet
  5. Convent of the Sacred Heart School
    740 feet
  6. Spence School at 93rd School
    860 feet
  7. Park Avenue Synagogue Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    870 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    590 feet
  2. Fred Lebow Statue in Central Park Park feature
    680 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 45 East 89th Street Public space
    190 feet
  2. Public space at Park Regis Public space
    560 feet
  3. Public space at Carnegie Hill Tower Public space
    1,050 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Apartment at 1261 Madison Avenue Listed historic place
    100 feet
  2. Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum
    430 feet
  3. Andrew Carnegie Mansion Listed historic place
    480 feet
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  1. James A. Jr. Burden House and Kahn, Otto H. House Listed historic place
    710 feet
  2. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Listed historic place
    790 feet
  3. Jewish Museum Listed historic place
    790 feet
  4. William Goadby Loew House Listed historic place
    860 feet
  5. Mrs. Graham Fair Vanderbilt House Listed historic place
    930 feet
  6. Park Avenue Historic District Listed historic place
    1,050 feet
  7. George F. Baker Jr. and Sr. Residences Listed historic place
    1,220 feet
  8. Madison Avenue Facade of the Squadron a Armory Listed historic place
    1,230 feet
  9. Houses at 120 and 122 East 92nd Street Listed historic place
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Thomas More Church House of worship
    270 feet
  2. Beloved Disciple Chapel Landmark · listed historic place
    280 feet
  3. Brick Presbyterian Church House of worship
    670 feet
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  1. Park Ave Synagogue House of worship
    870 feet
  2. Ramakrishna Vivekananda Center House of worship
    1,150 feet
  3. Advent Hope Church House of worship
    1,290 feet
  4. Immanuel Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,310 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    340 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    620 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    740 feet
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    1,280 feet
  3. Westside Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 places to eat and ten food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 90th Street or Madison Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, 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.