Madison Avenue & East 91st Street

Madison Avenue and East 91st Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill, Manhattan. The corner lies inside the Expanded Carnegie Hill Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Spence School is 180 feet away, and Kaufman Concert Hall is 1,150 feet away. The nearest subway, 86 St, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 4, 5 and 6. Within a five-minute walk are 41 public places, nine of them listed historic places, and 28 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · 4, 5, 6
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
Madison Av/E 91 St · M1, M2, M3, M4
Within a walk
41 places
9 listed historic places, 8 religious buildings and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Madison Avenue & East 91st 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 nine 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
    0.4 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 91 St, 180 feet away, for the M1, M2, M3 and M4.

  • 19 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Madison Av/E 91 St M1, M2, M3, M4 · Countdown sign
    180 feet
    M1 M2 M3 M4
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

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

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on East 91st Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 91 St & Park Ave 35 docks in all
    390 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at York Avenue & East 92nd Street, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person 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 and 5 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
19
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill
Elevation
112 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,300 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 1961.

Trees

NYC Parks records 74 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 43 signs on these blocks
  • 14 different rules
  • 6 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2014 and September 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on Madison Avenue (west side).

North side of East 91st Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY CONSUL-C DIPLOMAT-A & D LICENSE PLATES D/S DECALS ONLY
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-5PM

South side of East 91st Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of Madison Avenue

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 110705, 111232, 112570 and 114261.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Expanded Carnegie Hill Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 227 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1889 and 1926.

  1. Hotel Chastaignary Designated landmark
    360 feet
  2. Brick Presbyterian Church School and Parish House Designated landmark
    370 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
    570 feet
  2. Night Presence IV Sculpture by Louise Nevelson, 1973
    590 feet
  3. John Purroy Mitchel Stele by Adolph Alexander Weinman, 1928
    760 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 41 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Spence School Landmark
    180 feet
  2. Dalton School
    260 feet
  3. Nightingale Bamford School Landmark
    350 feet
Show all 13
  1. The Brick Presbyterian Church in the City of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    470 feet
  2. Convent of the Sacred Heart School
    480 feet
  3. Horace Mann School Nursery-Kinderga School · landmark
    520 feet
  4. Spence School at 93rd School
    590 feet
  5. St Davids School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    710 feet
  6. St. Thomas Moore Play Group Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    720 feet
  7. Park Avenue Synagogue Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,140 feet
  8. The Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,180 feet
  9. Playgarden Madison Prep Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,180 feet
  10. Hunter College Campus Schools School
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

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

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 45 East 89th Street Public space
    450 feet
  2. Public space at Carnegie Hill Tower Public space
    780 feet
  3. Public space at Park Regis Public space
    820 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Apartment at 1261 Madison Avenue Listed historic place
    250 feet
  2. Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum
    400 feet
  3. James A. Jr. Burden House and Kahn, Otto H. House Listed historic place
    440 feet
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  1. Andrew Carnegie Mansion Listed historic place
    480 feet
  2. Jewish Museum Listed historic place
    530 feet
  3. William Goadby Loew House Listed historic place
    600 feet
  4. Mrs. Graham Fair Vanderbilt House Listed historic place
    670 feet
  5. George F. Baker Jr. and Sr. Residences Listed historic place
    960 feet
  6. Madison Avenue Facade of the Squadron a Armory Listed historic place
    970 feet
  7. Houses at 120 and 122 East 92nd Street Listed historic place
    990 feet
  8. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Listed historic place
    1,050 feet
  9. Park Avenue Historic District Listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Kaufman Concert Hall Theater or concert hall
    1,150 feet
  2. 92 St YM-YWHA Arts or cultural center
    1,150 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Brick Presbyterian Church Landmark
    410 feet
  2. Beloved Disciple Chapel Listed historic place
    420 feet
  3. St Thomas More Church House of worship
    520 feet
Show all 5
  1. Ramakrishna Vivekananda Center House of worship
    890 feet
  2. Park Ave Synagogue House of worship
    1,140 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    80 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    350 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    1,000 feet
  2. Westside Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 places to eat and seven food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 91st 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.