Madison Avenue & East 96th Street

Madison Avenue and East 96th 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, 52 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. In 2025, 981 red-light camera tickets were recorded here. La Scuola D'Italia-G Marconi is 320 feet away. The nearest subway, 96 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 33 public places and 27 places to eat.

Safety record
19 hurt
52 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
96 St
960 feet · 4 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
80 feet
E 96 St/Madison Av · M96
Within a walk
33 places
8 schools, 6 day care or pre-K sites and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Madison Avenue & East 96th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 96 St, 960 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 96 St 6
    960 feet
    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 E 96 St/Madison Av, 80 feet away, for the M96.

  • 19 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 96 St/Madison Av M96
    80 feet
    M96

Next buses at this stop

  1. M96 …

Live arrivals

East 96th Street carries a bus lane, all day, every day.

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 97 St & Madison Ave 41 docks in all
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive northbound at East 96th Street, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1599 Lexington Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 1425 Madison Avenue Charging for electric cars, 32 Level 2 chargers
    850 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 52 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 18 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 1985
  • Turn calming, May 2022

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 981 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 128th most of the 200 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 1,383 more were issued.

Every corner with red-light camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10128
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 8
City Council district
5 and 8 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
19 and 23 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill
Elevation
81 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 3,700 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 64 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2020 and December 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 96th Street

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of East 96th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of Madison Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Madison Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 10AM-3PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 109391, 110769, 113775 and 114092.

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 are two Individual Landmarks, and 115 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1891 and 1923.

  1. Lycee Francais de New-York Designated landmark
    360 feet
  2. Saint Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral Rectory Designated landmark
    400 feet
  3. Squadron "A" Armory Designated landmark
    420 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. Albert Bertel Thorvaldsen Statue by Albert Bertel Thorvaldsen, 1894
    720 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 public places.

  • 8 schools
  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 6 religious buildings
  • 4 listed historic places
  • 2 park features
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Playgarden Madison Prep Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    140 feet
  2. La Scuola D'Italia-G Marconi School
    320 feet
  3. Manhattan Country School
    390 feet
Show all 14
  1. Sephardic Academy-Manhattan School
    390 feet
  2. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    530 feet
  3. Hunter College Campus Schools School
    730 feet
  4. St Bernard's School
    750 feet
  5. St. Bernard's Kindergarten School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    960 feet
  6. Spence School at 93rd School
    970 feet
  7. Cathedral High School
    1,210 feet
  8. Lexington Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,220 feet
  9. Nightingale Bamford School
    1,260 feet
  10. Vivvi 12 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,270 feet
  11. The Brick Presbyterian Church in the City of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    560 feet
  2. Margaret L. Kempner Playground
    710 feet
  3. East Meadow in Central Park Park feature
    820 feet
Show all 6
  1. Samuel Seabury Playground
    1,080 feet
  2. Serenity Garden - Lexington Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    1,130 feet
  3. North Meadow in Central Park Park feature
    1,290 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Carnegie Hill Tower Public space
    670 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Lucy Drexel Dahlgren Residence Listed historic place
    280 feet
  2. 96th Street Library
    810 feet
  3. William Goadby Loew House Listed historic place
    970 feet
Show all 6
  1. Mrs. Graham Fair Vanderbilt House Listed historic place
    1,100 feet
  2. George F. Baker Jr. and Sr. Residences Listed historic place
    1,240 feet
  3. Jewish Museum Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church Landmark
    380 feet
  2. Ramakrishna Vivekananda Center House of worship
    520 feet
  3. St Francis de Sales RC Church House of worship
    870 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,030 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    1,030 feet
  2. Westside Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,300 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 places to eat and 11 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 96th Street or Madison Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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.