Madison Avenue & East 97th Street

Madison Avenue and East 97th Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Harlem (South), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 37 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. St Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church is 180 feet away. The nearest subway, 96 St, is about five minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 31 public places, seven of them schools, and 31 places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
37 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
96 St
1,240 feet · 5 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
260 feet
Madison Av/E 98 St · M1, M2, M3, M4 +1
Within a walk
31 places
7 schools, 6 religious buildings and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Madison Avenue & East 97th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 96 St, 1,240 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 96 St 6
    1,240 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
    0.5 miles
    Q
  2. 103 St 6
    0.5 miles
    6

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 98 St, 260 feet away, for the M1, M2, M3, M4 and M106.

  • 18 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Madison Av/E 98 St M1, M2, M3, M4 +1
    260 feet
    M1 M2 M3 M4 M106

Next buses at this stop

  1. M1 …
  2. M2 …
  3. M3 …
  4. M4 …
  5. M106 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 63 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
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive northbound at East 96th Street, 0.8 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
    570 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 37 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 1985

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10029
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 11
City Council district
8
Police precinct
23
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Harlem (South)
Elevation
68 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to three travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 3,000 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 1920 and 1929.

Trees

NYC Parks records 73 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2016 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 97th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM 3PM-7PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

South side of East 97th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 10AM-3PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM 3PM-7PM

East side of Madison Avenue

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

West side of Madison Avenue

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 109162, 109391, 109392 and 114309.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 54 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1892 and 1922.

  1. Saint Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral Rectory Designated landmark
    210 feet
  2. Lycee Francais de New-York Designated landmark
    580 feet
  3. Squadron "A" Armory Designated landmark
    700 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
    700 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    250 feet
  2. Playgarden Madison Prep Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    430 feet
  3. St Bernard's School
    470 feet
Show all 13
  1. Manhattan Country School
    470 feet
  2. Sephardic Academy-Manhattan School
    470 feet
  3. La Scuola D'Italia-G Marconi School
    600 feet
  4. St. Bernard's Kindergarten School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    680 feet
  5. Cathedral High School
    940 feet
  6. Lexington Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    940 feet
  7. Hunter College Campus Schools School
    1,010 feet
  8. Vivvi 12 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,070 feet
  9. Mt Sinai School of Medicine College
    1,160 feet
  10. Spence School at 93rd School
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. East Meadow in Central Park Park feature
    530 feet
  2. Central Park Listed historic place
    560 feet
  3. Serenity Garden - Lexington Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    850 feet
Show all 7
  1. Margaret L. Kempner Playground
    990 feet
  2. North Meadow in Central Park Park feature
    1,190 feet
  3. Robert Bendheim Playground
    1,190 feet
  4. Reservoir in Central Park Park feature
    1,230 feet

Plazas and public spaces

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

Health care

  1. Mount Sinai Hospital
    1,160 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Lucy Drexel Dahlgren Residence Listed historic place
    340 feet
  2. 96th Street Library
    1,090 feet
  3. William Goadby Loew House Listed historic place
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church Landmark
    180 feet
  2. Ramakrishna Vivekananda Center House of worship
    800 feet
  3. St Francis de Sales RC Church House of worship
    900 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,310 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    1,320 feet
  2. Westside Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,020 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 places to eat and ten food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 97th 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, NYCHA, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.