Park Avenue & East 106th Street

Park Avenue and East 106th Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Harlem (South), Manhattan, at the edge of NYCHA's Clinton development. The corner is also named Graffiti Hall of Fame Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 60 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. In 2025, 32 red-light camera tickets were recorded here. Regina Angelorum, one of three Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 210 feet away. The nearest subway, 103 St, is about five minutes on foot, for the 6.

Safety record
39 hurt
60 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
103 St
1,310 feet · 5 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
440 feet
E 106 St/Lexington Av · M106
Within a walk
37 places
11 schools, 9 religious buildings and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Park Avenue & East 106th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 103 St, 1,310 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. 103 St 6
    1,310 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 110 St 6
    0.3 miles
    6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Neo-Boriken” (1990) by Nitza Tufiño at the 103 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 106 St/Lexington Av, 440 feet away, for the M106.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 106 St/Lexington Av M106
    440 feet
    M106

Next buses at this stop

  1. M106 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on East 106th Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 106 St & Madison Ave 25 docks in all
    510 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1599 Lexington Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 1425 Madison Avenue Charging for electric cars, 32 Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 60 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 39 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 13 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2015

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 32 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 191st most of the 200 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 428 more were issued.

Red-light camera tickets by the direction of travel written on the ticket
Direction on the ticket20252026 so far
Northbound on Park Avenue32401
Westbound on East 106th Street–27
Total32428

Every corner with red-light camera tickets

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
10 feet above sea level

This corner carries two co-namings: Graffiti Hall of Fame Way (Local Law 41 of 2024, enacted on January 20, 2024) and Saint Cecilia’s Parish Way (Local Law 44 of 2023, enacted on March 19, 2023).

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 3,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

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

Since 2014 at least 400 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 33 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on each of these co-names.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 46 signs on these blocks
  • 16 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2017 and August 2020; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 106th Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING IN TUNNEL W/ 5 O'CLOCK ARROW
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING IN TUNNEL W/ 7 O'CLOCK ARROW

South side of East 106th Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO DEPT OF HOUSING PRESERVATION & DEVELOPMENT MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING IN TUNNEL W/ 5 O'CLOCK ARROW
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING IN TUNNEL W/ 7 O'CLOCK ARROW
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of Park Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO DEPT OF HOUSING PRESERVATION & DEVELOPMENT MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and six buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Romanesque Revival. They were built between 1879 and 1913.

  1. Regina Angelorum Designated landmark
    210 feet
  2. Public School 72 Designated landmark
    410 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 37 public places.

  • 11 schools
  • 9 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 community centers
  • 9 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Edward A. Reynolds West Side High School
    210 feet
  2. Cristo Rey High School
    220 feet
  3. Agile Learning Center School
    370 feet
Show all 14
  1. Central Park East High School
    430 feet
  2. Central Park East I School
    430 feet
  3. East Harlem Scholars Academy Charter School II School
    430 feet
  4. Heritage School, The School
    580 feet
  5. Union Settlement Association Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    630 feet
  6. Northside Ctr-Child Development Day School
    650 feet
  7. Friends and Family Day Care Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    730 feet
  8. The Lexington Academy School
    980 feet
  9. P.S. 108 Assemblyman Angelo del Toro Educational Complex School
    1,030 feet
  10. Reece School
    1,170 feet
  11. East Harlem Block Nursery Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Mae Grant Playground
    440 feet
  2. Peter Minuit Playground
    630 feet
  3. 103rd Street Community Garden
    770 feet
Show all 7
  1. White Playground
    630 feet
  2. Conservatory Garden in Central Park Park feature
    1,040 feet
  3. Central Park Listed historic place
    1,070 feet
  4. Untermyer Fountain in Central Park Park feature
    1,250 feet

Health care

  1. Terence Cardinal Cooke Health Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,040 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. St. Cecilia's Church and Convent Listed historic place
    350 feet
  2. El Museo del Barrio Museum
    1,100 feet
  3. Puerto Rican Cultural Heritage Library Research library
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Church of the Good Neighbor House of worship
    290 feet
  2. St Cecilia Catholic Church Landmark
    320 feet
  3. Living Hope Church House of worship
    1,080 feet
Show all 4
  1. St George & St Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church House of worship
    1,110 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Lehman Community Center
    1,000 feet
  2. Older adult center at Lehman Village Older adult center
    1,200 feet
  3. Clinton Community Center
    1,270 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,030 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    1,250 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,130 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 places to eat and 27 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 106th Street or Park 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, NYC Records, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.