Park Avenue & East 50th Street

Park Avenue and East 50th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Midtown-Times Square, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Henry Villard Houses, one of 14 Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 420 feet away, and Atlas Statue is 1,170 feet away. The nearest subway, Lexington Av/51-53 Sts, is about two minutes on foot, and ten subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 41 public places, five of them listed historic places, and 183 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Lexington Av/51-53 Sts
470 feet · 2 min on foot · 6, E, F
Nearest bus stop
460 feet
E 50 St/Madison Av · M50
Within a walk
41 places
21 public spaces, 5 listed historic places and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Park Avenue & East 50th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Lexington Av/51-53 Sts, 470 feet from this corner, about two 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
    470 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. 5 Av/53 St E, F
    1,180 feet
    E F
  2. 47-50 Sts-Rockefeller Ctr B, D, F, M
    0.4 miles
    B D F M

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 E 50 St/Madison Av, 460 feet away, for the M50.

  • 76 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 50 St/Madison Av M50
    460 feet
    M50

Next buses at this stop

  1. M50 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 45 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 51 St & Lexington Ave 75 docks in all
    740 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive northbound at 1st Avenue, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 720 11th Avenue Gas station
    1.3 miles
  2. 345 Park Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    750 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

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
10022
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 5
City Council district
4
Police precinct
18
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Midtown-Times Square
Elevation
59 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. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 22 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Callery pear and the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 47 signs on these blocks
  • 20 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2018 and November 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 50th 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 7 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE

South side of East 50th Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-4PM
  • Metered parking 2 signs 5 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7PM-MIDNIGHT SATURDAY 8AM-MIDNIGHT
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM OTHER TIMES HOTEL LOADING ZONE
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7PM-7AM ALL DAYS

East side of Park Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-4PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 105207, 105208 and 106078.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are 14 Individual Landmarks, and 20 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Gothic Revival and Italian Renaissance. They were mostly built between 1882 and 1928.

  1. Waldorf-Astoria Hotel Designated landmark
    340 feet
  2. Henry Villard Houses Designated landmark
    420 feet
  3. General Electric Building Designated landmark
    470 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 41 public places.

  • 21 public spaces
  • 5 listed historic places
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 trade or language schools
  • 2 colleges
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Sotheby's Institute of Art - NY College
    730 feet
  2. Tekne Interaction Systems Trade or language school
    1,090 feet
  3. Berlitz Language Center Trade or language school
    1,190 feet
Show all 6
  1. Career Resource Center Trade or language school
    1,190 feet
  2. Bright Horizons Children’s Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,230 feet
  3. American University of Beirut College
    1,270 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 280 Park Avenue Public space
    460 feet
  2. Public space at 560 Lexington Avenue Public space
    460 feet
  3. Public space at 437 Madison Avenue Public space
    500 feet
Show all 21
  1. Public space at Westvaco Public space
    540 feet
  2. Public space at 40 East 52nd Street Public space
    690 feet
  3. Public space at 345 Park Avenue Public space
    720 feet
  4. Public space at New York Palace Hotel Public space
    750 feet
  5. Public space at 270 Park Avenue Public space
    830 feet
  6. Public space at Park Avenue Plaza Public space
    860 feet
  7. Public space at Saks Tower Public space
    1,000 feet
  8. Public space at 415 Madison Avenue Public space
    1,010 feet
  9. Public space at 800 Third Avenue Public space
    1,040 feet
  10. Public space at 245 Park Avenue Public space
    1,090 feet
  11. Public space at Tower 49 Public space
    1,130 feet
  12. Public space at Cosmopolitan Public space
    1,180 feet
  13. Public space at Crystal Pavilion Public space
    1,180 feet
  14. Public space at 825 Third Avenue Public space
    1,200 feet
  15. Public space at Olympic Tower Public space
    1,230 feet
  16. Public space at 599 Lexington Avenue Public space
    1,240 feet
  17. Public space at Bear Stearns Public space
    1,280 feet
  18. Public space at 780 Third Avenue Public space
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Terence Cardinal Cooke-Cathedral Library
    460 feet
  2. Racquet and Tennis Club Building Listed historic place
    770 feet
  3. Seagram Building Listed historic place
    870 feet
Show all 7
  1. Look Building Listed historic place
    930 feet
  2. Lever House Listed historic place
    1,080 feet
  3. Atlas Statue Monument or memorial
    1,170 feet
  4. New York Bible Society Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Bartholomews Church Landmark · listed historic place
    220 feet
  2. Saint Patrick's Cathedral Listed historic place
    760 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Rockefeller Center Post Office Listed historic place
    1,230 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 8/Engine 8/Ladder 2 Fire station
    1,270 feet
  2. 17th Precinct Police station
    1,270 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    210 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    550 feet
  3. Santander Bank Bank branch
    580 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    900 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    1,290 feet
  3. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 183 places to eat and six food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 50th 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.