Park Avenue & East 48th Street

Park Avenue and East 48th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Midtown-Times Square, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. A designated landmark, 400 Madison Avenue Building, stands 590 feet away. The nearest subway, Lexington Av/51-53 Sts, is about four minutes on foot, and ten subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 36 public places, five of them listed historic places, and 177 places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Lexington Av/51-53 Sts
990 feet · 4 min on foot · 6, E, F
Nearest bus stop
690 feet
Madison Av/E 47 St · M3, M4, SIM4C, SIM33C
Within a walk
36 places
19 public spaces, 5 listed historic places and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Park Avenue & East 48th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Lexington Av/51-53 Sts, 990 feet from this corner, about four 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
    990 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
    0.3 miles
    4 5 6 7 S
  2. 5 Av/53 St E, F
    0.3 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, 690 feet away, for the M3, M4, SIM4C and SIM33C.

  • 68 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Madison Av/E 47 St M3, M4, SIM4C, SIM33C
    690 feet
    M3 M4 SIM4C SIM33C

Next buses at this stop

  1. M3 …
  2. M4 …
  3. SIM4C …
  4. SIM33C …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on East 48th Street.

  • 38 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive northbound at 1st Avenue, 0.7 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
    1,090 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 26 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the hawthorn.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2019 and May 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 3 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Friday 10am to 4pm on Park Avenue (west side).

North side of East 48th Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 7 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-6PM
  • Metered parking 7 signs 6 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 6PM-MIDNIGHT SATURDAY 8AM-MIDNIGHT
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE

South side of East 48th Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 6 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-6PM
  • Metered parking 6 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 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-4PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM
  • Taxi stand 1 sign TAXI STAND
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 101214, 102823, 104050 and 106391.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are nine Individual Landmarks, and 11 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Byzantine and Italian Renaissance. They were mostly built between 1914 and 1929.

  1. Waldorf-Astoria Hotel Designated landmark
    500 feet
  2. 400 Madison Avenue Building Designated landmark
    590 feet
  3. New York Central Building Designated landmark
    650 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 36 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Tekne Interaction Systems Trade or language school
    570 feet
  2. Berlitz Language Center Trade or language school
    670 feet
  3. Bright Horizons Children’s Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    710 feet
Show all 7
  1. Career Resource Center Trade or language school
    670 feet
  2. Bright Horizons at 200 Park Avenue Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    870 feet
  3. Bright Horizons at East 46th Street Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,110 feet
  4. Sotheby's Institute of Art - NY College
    1,250 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 280 Park Avenue Public space
    270 feet
  2. Public space at Westvaco Public space
    280 feet
  3. Public space at 270 Park Avenue Public space
    310 feet
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  1. Public space at 415 Madison Avenue Public space
    490 feet
  2. Public space at 245 Park Avenue Public space
    570 feet
  3. Public space at Bear Stearns Public space
    750 feet
  4. Public space at 437 Madison Avenue Public space
    760 feet
  5. Public space at Cosmopolitan Public space
    840 feet
  6. Public space at Tower 49 Public space
    890 feet
  7. Public space at 560 Lexington Avenue Public space
    980 feet
  8. Public space at 780 Third Avenue Public space
    1,020 feet
  9. Public space at 767 Third Avenue Public space
    1,150 feet
  10. Public space at 777 Third Avenue Public space
    1,190 feet
  11. Public space at 575 Fifth Avenue Public space
    1,210 feet
  12. Public space at 40 East 52nd Street Public space
    1,210 feet
  13. Public space at 345 Park Avenue Public space
    1,240 feet
  14. Public space at Saks Tower Public space
    1,260 feet
  15. Public space at New York Palace Hotel Public space
    1,280 feet
  16. Public space at 800 Third Avenue Public space
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. New York Bible Society Listed historic place
    920 feet
  2. Terence Cardinal Cooke-Cathedral Library
    980 feet
  3. Charles Sons Scribner's Building Listed historic place
    1,000 feet
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  1. Villard Houses Listed historic place
    1,030 feet
  2. General Electric Building Listed historic place
    1,260 feet
  3. Racquet and Tennis Club Building Listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Bartholomews Church Landmark · listed historic place
    740 feet
  2. Saint Patrick's Cathedral Listed historic place
    1,230 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    730 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    830 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    830 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    840 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    1,300 feet
  3. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 177 places to eat and four food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 48th Street or Park Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.