Park Avenue & East 47th Street

Park Avenue and East 47th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Midtown-Times Square, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Hotel Lexington, one of six Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 670 feet away, and St Bartholomews Church is 1,000 feet away. The nearest subway, Lexington Av/51-53 Sts, is about five minutes on foot, and ten subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 167 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Lexington Av/51-53 Sts
1,250 feet · 5 min on foot · 6, E, F
Nearest bus stop
590 feet
Madison Av/E 47 St · M1, M2, Q32, SIM6 +4
Within a walk
27 places
13 public spaces, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Park Avenue & East 47th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Lexington Av/51-53 Sts, 1,250 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 10 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lexington Av/51-53 Sts 6, E, F
    1,250 feet
    6 E F

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. 6 …
Downtown
3 lines
  1. 6 …
  2. E …
  3. F …
Queens
2 lines
  1. E …
  2. F …

Also within a walk

  1. Grand Central-42 St 4, 5, 6, 7, S
    1,320 feet
    4 5 6 7 S
  2. 5 Av/53 St E, F
    0.4 miles
    E F

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Passing Through” (2004) by Al Held at the Lexington Av/51-53 Sts station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Madison Av/E 47 St, 590 feet away, for the M1, M2, Q32, SIM6 and four more.

  • 69 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Madison Av/E 47 St M1, M2, Q32, SIM6 +4
    590 feet
    M1 M2 Q32 SIM6 SIM8 SIM11 SIM22 SIM31

Next buses at this stop

  1. M1 …
  2. M2 …
  3. Q32 …
  4. SIM6 …
  5. SIM8 …
  6. SIM11 …
  7. SIM22 …
  8. SIM31 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 35 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
    120 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
    1.4 miles
  2. 277 Park Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    1,020 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.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 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)
Midtown-Times Square
Elevation
63 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 27 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the hawthorn.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 6 active meters
  • 5 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2017 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 47th Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 1 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-6PM
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 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
  • For-hire vehicles only 1 sign FOR-HIRE VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-6PM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 47th Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-6PM
  • Metered parking 2 signs 6 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 6PM-MIDNIGHT SATURDAY 8AM-MIDNIGHT
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Park Avenue

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 101216, 101217, 102824, 104589 and 106631.

Landmarks and historic districts

Six buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and built between 1913 and 1931.

  1. New York Central Building Designated landmark
    390 feet
  2. 400 Madison Avenue Building Designated landmark
    600 feet
  3. Hotel Lexington Designated landmark
    670 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 13 public spaces
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 3 trade or language schools
  • 1 library

Schools and child care

  1. Tekne Interaction Systems Trade or language school
    310 feet
  2. Berlitz Language Center Trade or language school
    410 feet
  3. Bright Horizons at 200 Park Avenue Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    610 feet
Show all 7
  1. Career Resource Center Trade or language school
    410 feet
  2. Bright Horizons at East 46th Street Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    850 feet
  3. Bright Horizons Children’s Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    970 feet
  4. Young Men's Christian Association of Greater New York Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,250 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 245 Park Avenue Public space
    310 feet
  2. Public space at 270 Park Avenue Public space
    370 feet
  3. Public space at Bear Stearns Public space
    500 feet
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  1. Public space at 280 Park Avenue Public space
    530 feet
  2. Public space at Westvaco Public space
    540 feet
  3. Public space at 415 Madison Avenue Public space
    750 feet
  4. Public space at 575 Fifth Avenue Public space
    950 feet
  5. Public space at 437 Madison Avenue Public space
    1,020 feet
  6. Public space at Cosmopolitan Public space
    1,100 feet
  7. Public space at Tower 49 Public space
    1,150 feet
  8. Public space at 560 Lexington Avenue Public space
    1,240 feet
  9. Public space at 747 Third Avenue Public space
    1,250 feet
  10. Public space at 780 Third Avenue Public space
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. New York Bible Society Listed historic place
    1,180 feet
  2. Terence Cardinal Cooke-Cathedral Library
    1,240 feet
  3. Charles Sons Scribner's Building Listed historic place
    1,270 feet
Show all 4
  1. Villard Houses Listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Bartholomews Church Listed historic place
    1,000 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    570 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    570 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    640 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    570 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    1,090 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 167 places to eat and four food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 47th 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.