Madison Avenue & East 94th Street

Madison Avenue and East 94th 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. Squadron "A" Armory stands 130 feet away. The nearest subway, 96 St, is about six minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 36 public places, 11 of them schools, and 32 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
96 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Madison Av/E 93 St · M1, M2, M3, M4
Within a walk
36 places
11 schools, 8 religious buildings and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Madison Avenue & East 94th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 96 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 96 St 6
    0.3 miles
    6

Next trains at this station

The Bronx
1 line
  1. 6 …
Downtown
1 line
  1. 6 …

Also within a walk

  1. 96 St Q
    0.4 miles
    Q

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “City Suite” (1994) by Laura Bradley at the 96 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Madison Av/E 93 St, 110 feet away, for the M1, M2, M3 and M4.

  • 20 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Madison Av/E 93 St M1, M2, M3, M4
    110 feet
    M1 M2 M3 M4

Next buses at this stop

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

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 94 St & Madison Ave 43 docks in all
    90 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive northbound at East 96th Street, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

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

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
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2023.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, December 2016
  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2019

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10128
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 8
City Council district
5
Police precinct
19
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill
Elevation
100 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,400 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 1920 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 84 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2020 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 94th Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO BOARD OF HIGHER EDUCATION SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of East 94th Street

  • Loading only 2 signs LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

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

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: 112834 and 114882.

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 is one Individual Landmark, and 216 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1889 and 1924.

  1. Squadron "A" Armory Designated landmark
    130 feet
  2. Hotel Ashton Designated landmark
    350 feet
  3. Garage Wing Designated landmark
    360 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Park Avenue Malls.

  1. Night Presence IV Sculpture by Louise Nevelson, 1973
    690 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

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

Schools and child care

  1. Playgarden Madison Prep Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    400 feet
  2. Spence School at 93rd School
    430 feet
  3. Hunter College Campus Schools School
    450 feet
Show all 14
  1. La Scuola D'Italia-G Marconi School
    670 feet
  2. Nightingale Bamford School Landmark
    720 feet
  3. The Brick Presbyterian Church in the City of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    730 feet
  4. Dalton School
    890 feet
  5. Manhattan Country School
    930 feet
  6. Sephardic Academy-Manhattan School
    930 feet
  7. Spence School
    970 feet
  8. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,070 feet
  9. Convent of the Sacred Heart School
    1,090 feet
  10. St Bernard's School
    1,290 feet
  11. Horace Mann School Nursery-Kinderga School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    560 feet
  2. Margaret L. Kempner Playground
    890 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Carnegie Hill Tower Public space
    130 feet
  2. Public space at 45 East 89th Street Public space
    1,230 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. William Goadby Loew House Listed historic place
    430 feet
  2. Mrs. Graham Fair Vanderbilt House Listed historic place
    560 feet
  3. Jewish Museum Listed historic place
    730 feet
Show all 10
  1. George F. Baker Jr. and Sr. Residences Listed historic place
    700 feet
  2. Lucy Drexel Dahlgren Residence Listed historic place
    820 feet
  3. Apartment at 1261 Madison Avenue Listed historic place
    1,030 feet
  4. James A. Jr. Burden House and Kahn, Otto H. House Listed historic place
    1,070 feet
  5. Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum
    1,180 feet
  6. 96th Street Library
    1,250 feet
  7. Andrew Carnegie Mansion Listed historic place
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Ramakrishna Vivekananda Center House of worship
    190 feet
  2. St Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church House of worship
    920 feet
  3. Brick Presbyterian Church House of worship
    970 feet
Show all 6
  1. Orach Chaim Congregation House of worship
    1,160 feet
  2. Beloved Disciple Chapel Listed historic place
    1,210 feet
  3. St Thomas More Church House of worship
    1,310 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    480 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    760 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Westside Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 places to eat and seven food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 94th 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.