Park Avenue & East 51st Street

Park Avenue and East 51st Street meet at a four-way crossing in Midtown-Times Square, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. St Bartholomews Church is 170 feet away, and American University of Beirut is 1,000 feet away. The nearest subway, Lexington Av/51-53 Sts, is about two minutes on foot, and 13 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 29 public places, four of them listed historic places, and 190 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Lexington Av/51-53 Sts
440 feet · 2 min on foot · 6, E, F
Nearest bus stop
510 feet
Madison Av/E 51 St · BxM7
Within a walk
29 places
16 public spaces, 4 listed historic places and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Park Avenue & East 51st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Lexington Av/51-53 Sts, 440 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 13 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lexington Av/51-53 Sts 6, E, F
    440 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
    920 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 Madison Av/E 51 St, 510 feet away, for the BxM7.

  • 77 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Madison Av/E 51 St BxM7
    510 feet
    BxM7

Next buses at this stop

  1. BxM7 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on East 51st Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 51 St & Lexington Ave 75 docks in all
    480 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
    1.2 miles
  2. 345 Park Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    1,070 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 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

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
57 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2024 and June 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 51st 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 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Taxi stand 1 sign TAXI STAND

South side of East 51st 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 1 sign NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE

East side of Park Avenue

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-4PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-4PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM

West side of Park Avenue

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 4 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-4PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 102427, 102967, 106228 and 106283.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are 13 Individual Landmarks, and 19 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 1931.

  1. Henry Villard Houses Designated landmark
    390 feet
  2. The Racquet and Tennis Club Designated landmark
    420 feet
  3. General Electric Building Designated landmark
    430 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 public places.

  • 16 public spaces
  • 4 listed historic places
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 colleges
  • 1 fire station
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Sotheby's Institute of Art - NY College
    470 feet
  2. American University of Beirut College
    1,000 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 40 East 52nd Street Public space
    430 feet
  2. Public space at 345 Park Avenue Public space
    460 feet
  3. Public space at New York Palace Hotel Public space
    490 feet
Show all 16
  1. Public space at Park Avenue Plaza Public space
    600 feet
  2. Public space at 280 Park Avenue Public space
    720 feet
  3. Public space at 560 Lexington Avenue Public space
    730 feet
  4. Public space at 437 Madison Avenue Public space
    760 feet
  5. Public space at Westvaco Public space
    810 feet
  6. Public space at Olympic Tower Public space
    970 feet
  7. Public space at 599 Lexington Avenue Public space
    980 feet
  8. Public space at 270 Park Avenue Public space
    1,090 feet
  9. Public space at Harpercollins Public space
    1,190 feet
  10. Public space at Saks Tower Public space
    1,260 feet
  11. Public space at 415 Madison Avenue Public space
    1,280 feet
  12. Public space at 800 Third Avenue Public space
    1,300 feet
  13. Public space at Warburg Dillon Read Public space
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Seagram Building Listed historic place
    610 feet
  2. Look Building Listed historic place
    660 feet
  3. Terence Cardinal Cooke-Cathedral Library
    730 feet
Show all 6
  1. Lever House Listed historic place
    820 feet
  2. Atlas Statue Monument or memorial
    1,170 feet
  3. Houses at 647 and 651-653 Fifth Avenue, and 4 East 52nd Street Listed historic place
    1,240 feet

Houses of worship

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

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 8/Engine 8/Ladder 2 Fire station
    1,000 feet
  2. 17th Precinct Police station
    1,010 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    170 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    290 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    360 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    640 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    1,030 feet
  3. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 190 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 51st 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.