Park Avenue & East 46th Street

Park Avenue and East 46th Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Midtown-Turtle Bay, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. New York Central Building, one of five Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 130 feet away. The nearest subway, Grand Central-42 St, is about four minutes on foot, and ten subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, four of them trade or language schools, and 192 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Grand Central-42 St
1,060 feet · 4 min on foot · 4, 5, 6, 7, S
Nearest bus stop
520 feet
Madison Av/E 46 St · M1, M2, BxM11
Within a walk
25 places
11 public spaces, 4 trade or language schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Park Avenue & East 46th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Grand Central-42 St, 1,060 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  • 10 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Grand Central-42 St 4, 5, 6, 7, S
    1,060 feet
    4 5 6 7 S

Next trains at this station

Uptown
3 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. 5 …
  3. 6 …
Downtown
3 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. 5 …
  3. 6 …
Queens
1 line
  1. 7 …
Hudson Yards
1 line
  1. 7 …
Times Square
1 line
  1. S …

Also within a walk

  1. Lexington Av/51-53 Sts 6, E, F
    0.3 miles
    6 E F
  2. 5 Av/53 St E, F
    0.4 miles
    E F

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists five works at the Grand Central-42 St station, among them “Fast Track and Speedwheels” (1990) by Dan Sinclair and “Grand Central: Arches, Towers, Pyramids” (2000) by Jackie Ferrara.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Madison Av/E 46 St, 520 feet away, for the M1, M2 and BxM11.

  • 72 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Madison Av/E 46 St M1, M2, BxM11
    520 feet
    M1 M2 BxM11

Next buses at this stop

  1. M1 …
  2. M2 …
  3. BxM11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 47 St & Park Ave 81 docks in all
    370 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive northbound at 1st Avenue, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 720 11th Avenue Gas station
    1.5 miles
  2. 277 Park Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    700 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2017

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10017
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 5
City Council district
4
Police precinct
18
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Midtown-Turtle Bay
Elevation
64 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

Eleven trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese flowering crabapple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2017 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 46th Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 4 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-6PM
  • Metered parking 4 signs 6 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 6PM-MIDNIGHT SATURDAY 8AM-MIDNIGHT
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 46th Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 3 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-6PM
  • Metered parking 3 signs 6 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 6PM-MIDNIGHT SATURDAY 8AM-MIDNIGHT
  • No standing 8 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Park Avenue

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-4PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM

West side of Park Avenue

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 3 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 101217, 102605, 104589 and 107385.

Landmarks and historic districts

Five buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and mostly built between 1925 and 1929.

  1. New York Central Building Designated landmark
    130 feet
  2. Yale Club of New York City Designated landmark
    510 feet
  3. 400 Madison Avenue Building Designated landmark
    700 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

  • 11 public spaces
  • 4 trade or language schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Berlitz Language Center Trade or language school
    150 feet
  2. Career Resource Center Trade or language school
    150 feet
  3. Bright Horizons at 200 Park Avenue Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    350 feet
Show all 8
  1. Tekne Interaction Systems Trade or language school
    350 feet
  2. Bright Horizons at East 46th Street Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    590 feet
  3. Laboratory Inst of Merchandising College
    1,220 feet
  4. Bright Horizons Children’s Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,230 feet
  5. Japan Lang Forum Trade or language school
    1,280 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 245 Park Avenue Public space
    350 feet
  2. Public space at Bear Stearns Public space
    500 feet
  3. Vanderbilt Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,140 feet
Show all 12
  1. Public space at 270 Park Avenue Public space
    630 feet
  2. Public space at 280 Park Avenue Public space
    790 feet
  3. Public space at Westvaco Public space
    800 feet
  4. Public space at 415 Madison Avenue Public space
    1,010 feet
  5. Public space at Two Grand Central Tower Public space
    1,140 feet
  6. Public space at 747 Third Avenue Public space
    1,190 feet
  7. Public space at 425 Lexington Avenue Public space
    1,210 feet
  8. Public space at 575 Fifth Avenue Public space
    1,210 feet
  9. Public space at 437 Madison Avenue Public space
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Grand Central Terminal Listed historic place
    1,200 feet
  2. Fred F. French Building Listed historic place
    1,200 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Bartholomews Church Listed historic place
    1,260 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    310 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    310 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    700 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    740 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 192 places to eat and five food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 46th Street or Park 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.