Park Avenue & East 62nd Street

Park Avenue and East 62nd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill, Manhattan. The corner lies inside the Upper East Side Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The Colony Club stands 170 feet away, and Browning School is 290 feet away. The nearest subway, Lexington Av/63 St, is about three minutes on foot, and eight subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 32 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 71 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Lexington Av/63 St
690 feet · 3 min on foot · M, Q
Nearest bus stop
650 feet
Lexington Av/E 62 St · M101, M102, M103
Within a walk
32 places
9 religious buildings, 8 public spaces and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Park Avenue & East 62nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Lexington Av/63 St, 690 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 8 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lexington Av/63 St M, Q
    690 feet
    M Q

Next trains at this station

Uptown & Queens
2 lines
  1. M …
  2. Q …
Downtown
2 lines
  1. M …
  2. Q …

Also within a walk

  1. Lexington Av/59 St 4, 5, 6, N, R, W
    1,000 feet
    4 5 6 N R W
  2. 5 Av/59 St N, R, W
    0.3 miles
    N R W

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Elevated” (2017) by Jean Shin at the Lexington Av/63 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Lexington Av/E 62 St, 650 feet away, for the M101, M102 and M103.

  • 64 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lexington Av/E 62 St M101, M102, M103 · Countdown sign
    650 feet
    M101 M102 M103
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. M101 …
  2. M102 …
  3. M103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on East 62nd Street.

  • 22 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 61 St & Madison Ave 39 docks in all
    740 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
    1.9 miles
  2. 35-39 East 61st Street Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    1,300 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2 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.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 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, December 2015

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10065
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 8
City Council district
4
Police precinct
19
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill
Elevation
50 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 86 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2020 and July 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 62nd Street

  • No stopping 8 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of East 62nd Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 3 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 3 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 3 signs 5 HOUR METERED PARKING 7PM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-7PM

East side of Park Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Park Avenue

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-4PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 103461, 104708 and 104709.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Upper East Side Historic District.

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 204 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec. They were built between 1840 and 1960.

  1. The Colony Club Designated landmark
    170 feet
  2. The Links Club Designated landmark
    330 feet
  3. The Fleming School Designated landmark
    330 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 public places.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 8 public spaces
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 2 research libraries
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Browning School Landmark
    290 feet
  2. Garden House School of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    640 feet
  3. Children's All Day School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    720 feet
Show all 6
  1. Christ Church, Methodist Episcopal, of New York City Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    790 feet
  2. Fifth Avenue Synagogue Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    810 feet
  3. French Institute Alliance Francaise Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    940 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    1,070 feet
  2. Wien Walk in Central Park Park feature
    1,240 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 499 Park Avenue Public space
    930 feet
  2. Public space at 500 Park Tower Public space
    940 feet
  3. Public space at Plaza Tower Public space
    970 feet
Show all 8
  1. Public space at Trump Plaza Public space
    1,050 feet
  2. Public space at International Plaza Public space
    1,060 feet
  3. Public space at 110 East 59th Street Public space
    1,160 feet
  4. Public space at Wellington Estates Public space
    1,190 feet
  5. Public space at Galleria Public space
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Old York Library Research library
    600 feet
  2. The Grolier Club of New York Research library
    650 feet
  3. Barbizon Hotel for Women Listed historic place
    790 feet
Show all 6
  1. Barbara Rutherford Hatch House Listed historic place
    1,070 feet
  2. Sara Delano Roosevelt Memorial House Listed historic place
    1,090 feet
  3. 58th Street Library
    1,160 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Society of Illustrators Arts or cultural center
    440 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Third Church of Christ Scientist Landmark
    360 feet
  2. Christ Church Methodist House of worship
    450 feet
  3. Central Presbyterian Church House of worship
    490 feet
Show all 7
  1. Rock Church House of worship
    710 feet
  2. Metropolitan Koryo United Methodist Church House of worship
    770 feet
  3. 5 Ave Synagogue House of worship
    810 feet
  4. Congregation Edmond J Safra House of worship
    890 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,000 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    870 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 71 places to eat and seven food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 62nd 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.