Park Avenue & East 56th Street

Park Avenue and East 56th Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Midtown-Turtle Bay, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Central Synagogue, one of ten Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 530 feet away, and Christ Church Methodist is 1,200 feet away. The nearest subway, 5 Av/53 St, is about five minutes on foot, and ten subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 33 public places, six of them listed historic places, and 153 places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
5 Av/53 St
1,180 feet · 5 min on foot · E, F
Nearest bus stop
510 feet
Madison Av/E 56 St · M1, M2, BxM18
Within a walk
33 places
18 public spaces, 6 listed historic places and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Park Avenue & East 56th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 5 Av/53 St, 1,180 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 10 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/53 St E, F
    1,180 feet
    E F

Next trains at this station

Queens
2 lines
  1. E …
  2. F …
Downtown
2 lines
  1. E …
  2. F …

Also within a walk

  1. Lexington Av/59 St 4, 5, 6, N, R, W
    1,260 feet
    4 5 6 N R W
  2. Lexington Av/51-53 Sts 6, E, F
    0.3 miles
    6 E F

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Subway Riders” (1995) by Ralph Fasanella and “The Subway: Design for a Modern Icon” (2019) by MTA Arts & Design and The Museum of Modern Art at the 5 Av/53 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Madison Av/E 56 St, 510 feet away, for the M1, M2 and BxM18.

  • 75 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Madison Av/E 56 St M1, M2, BxM18
    510 feet
    M1 M2 BxM18

Next buses at this stop

  1. M1 …
  2. M2 …
  3. BxM18 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 39 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 56 St & Madison Ave 33 docks in all
    470 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at Queensboro Bridge & 2nd Avenue at East 59th Street, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 720 11th Avenue Gas station
    1.6 miles
  2. 131 East 55th Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    690 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 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)
East Midtown-Turtle Bay
Elevation
51 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 29 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2024 and March 2024; 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 56th Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 5 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 parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-6PM

South side of East 56th 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

East side of Park Avenue

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 5 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-4PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 104329, 104377, 104378 and 106610.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are ten Individual Landmarks, and 11 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as International Style. They were built between 1871 and 1984.

  1. Ritz Tower Designated landmark
    380 feet
  2. Mary Hale Cunningham House Designated landmark
    460 feet
  3. Central Synagogue Designated landmark
    530 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 public places.

  • 18 public spaces
  • 6 listed historic places
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 research libraries
  • 1 library

Schools and child care

  1. May Family Nursery School at Central Synagogue Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    600 feet
  2. Children's All Day School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,290 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Park Avenue Tower Public space
    240 feet
  2. Public space at 450 Park Avenue Public space
    270 feet
  3. Public space at 432 Park Avenue Public space
    270 feet
Show all 18
  1. Public space at Galleria Public space
    670 feet
  2. Public space at Sony Public space
    700 feet
  3. Public space at 590 Madison Avenue Public space
    710 feet
  4. Public space at 135 East 57th Street Public space
    770 feet
  5. Public space at 499 Park Avenue Public space
    830 feet
  6. Public space at 500 Park Tower Public space
    870 feet
  7. Public space at 110 East 59th Street Public space
    910 feet
  8. Public space at Trump Tower Public space
    970 feet
  9. Public space at Warburg Dillon Read Public space
    1,020 feet
  10. Public space at Park Avenue Plaza Public space
    1,170 feet
  11. Public space at 712 Fifth Avenue Public space
    1,200 feet
  12. Public space at 520 Madison Avenue Public space
    1,230 feet
  13. Public space at Plaza Tower Public space
    1,230 feet
  14. Public space at Architects and Designers Public space
    1,260 feet
  15. Public space at 950 Third Avenue Public space
    1,260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Lever House Listed historic place
    730 feet
  2. NY Genealogical & Biographical Soc Research library
    760 feet
  3. 58th Street Library
    910 feet
Show all 9
  1. Substation #42 (Dual System IRT) Listed historic place
    970 feet
  2. Racquet and Tennis Club Building Listed historic place
    1,030 feet
  3. Seagram Building Listed historic place
    1,040 feet
  4. Coty Building Listed historic place
    1,150 feet
  5. St. Peter's Church Listed historic place
    1,170 feet
  6. The Grolier Club of New York Research library
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Christ Church Methodist House of worship
    1,200 feet
  2. 5 Ave Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,260 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    370 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    560 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    650 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,250 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 153 places to eat and five food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 56th 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.