Madison Avenue & East 99th Street

Madison Avenue and East 99th Street meet at a three-way junction in East Harlem (South), Manhattan, at the edge of NYCHA's Carver development. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. St Bernard's School is 620 feet away, and Maggie's Magic Garden is 1,150 feet away. The nearest subway, 96 St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 21 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
96 St
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
80 feet
Madison Av/E 99 St · BxM2, BxM3, BxM4, BxM11
Within a walk
26 places
7 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Madison Avenue & East 99th 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 seven 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 99 St, 80 feet away, for the BxM2, BxM3, BxM4 and BxM11.

  • 17 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Madison Av/E 99 St BxM2, BxM3, BxM4, BxM11 · Shelter
    80 feet
    BxM2 BxM3 BxM4 BxM11
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. BxM2 …
  2. BxM3 …
  3. BxM4 …
  4. BxM11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Madison Ave & E 99 St 15 docks in all
    140 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
    0.6 miles
  2. 1425 Madison Avenue Charging for electric cars, 32 Level 2 chargers
    300 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2019

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
48 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to three travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,800 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 1954.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Carver development.

Trees

NYC Parks records 34 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2024 and July 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 99th Street

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

South side of East 99th Street

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Farmers market 2 signs FARMERS MARKET ONLY JUNE 1 - NOV 30 WEDNESDAY 6AM-6PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of Madison Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Farmers market 3 signs FARMERS MARKET ONLY JUNE 1 - NOV 30 WEDNESDAY 6AM-6PM OTHER TIMES NO STANDING
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 109263, 109264, 109266 and 113740.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 12 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Renaissance. They were built between 1901 and 1926.

  1. Saint Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral Rectory Designated landmark
    510 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. St Bernard's School
    620 feet
  2. Mt Sinai School of Medicine College
    630 feet
  3. St. Bernard's Kindergarten School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    680 feet
Show all 9
  1. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    780 feet
  2. Lexington Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    940 feet
  3. Playgarden Madison Prep Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    950 feet
  4. Manhattan Country School
    1,000 feet
  5. Sephardic Academy-Manhattan School
    1,000 feet
  6. La Scuola D'Italia-G Marconi School
    1,130 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Serenity Garden - Lexington Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    610 feet
  2. East Meadow in Central Park Park feature
    800 feet
  3. Central Park Listed historic place
    830 feet
Show all 5
  1. Maggie's Magic Garden
    1,150 feet
  2. Robert Bendheim Playground
    1,200 feet

Health care

  1. Mount Sinai Hospital
    630 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Lucy Drexel Dahlgren Residence Listed historic place
    870 feet
  2. Medical Library Ctr of New York Research library
    1,130 feet
  3. Madison Avenue Facade of the Squadron a Armory Listed historic place
    1,230 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church Landmark
    530 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 55 East 102nd Street Older adult center
    1,120 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 places to eat and five food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 99th 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 Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.