Madison Avenue & East 98th Street

Madison Avenue and East 98th Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Harlem (South), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 30 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Saint Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral Rectory stands 280 feet away. The nearest subway, 96 St, is about six minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 24 places to eat. About 3,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1951, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

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

Map

Layers
Madison Avenue & East 98th 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.

  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. 103 St 6
    0.4 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, 50 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
    50 feet
    M1 M2 M3 M4 M106

Next buses at this stop

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

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 60 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, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 30 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2016

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
59 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,100 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 1951.

Trees

NYC Parks records 75 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2024 and December 2024; 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 8:30am to 7pm on Madison Avenue (east side), and as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on Madison Avenue (west side).

North side of East 98th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-10PM SATURDAY 9AM-10PM
  • Ambulettes only 1 sign AMBULETTE ONLY
  • Doctor plates only 2 signs DOCTOR LICENSE PLATES ONLY 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

South side of East 98th Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 109162, 109263, 111426, 112630, 113713 and 113739.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 25 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Renaissance. They were mostly built between 1901 and 1924.

  1. Saint Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral Rectory Designated landmark
    280 feet
  2. Lycee Francais de New-York Designated landmark
    820 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
    770 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. St Bernard's School
    350 feet
  2. St. Bernard's Kindergarten School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    410 feet
  3. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    520 feet
Show all 11
  1. Lexington Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    680 feet
  2. Playgarden Madison Prep Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    690 feet
  3. Manhattan Country School
    730 feet
  4. Sephardic Academy-Manhattan School
    730 feet
  5. La Scuola D'Italia-G Marconi School
    860 feet
  6. Mt Sinai School of Medicine College
    890 feet
  7. Cathedral High School
    1,190 feet
  8. Hunter College Campus Schools School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. East Meadow in Central Park Park feature
    530 feet
  2. Central Park Listed historic place
    570 feet
  3. Serenity Garden - Lexington Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    580 feet
Show all 5
  1. Robert Bendheim Playground
    930 feet
  2. Margaret L. Kempner Playground
    1,240 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Carnegie Hill Tower Public space
    1,220 feet

Health care

  1. Mount Sinai Hospital
    890 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Lucy Drexel Dahlgren Residence Listed historic place
    600 feet
  2. Madison Avenue Facade of the Squadron a Armory Listed historic place
    960 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church Landmark
    270 feet
  2. Ramakrishna Vivekananda Center House of worship
    1,070 feet
  3. St Francis de Sales RC Church House of worship
    1,170 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  3. Westside Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,280 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 places to eat and six food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 98th 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.