Park Avenue & East 63rd Street

Park Avenue and East 63rd 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, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Manhattan corner. Third Church of Christ Scientist is 120 feet away. The nearest subway, Lexington Av/63 St, is about two minutes on foot, and eight subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 35 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and 73 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Lexington Av/63 St
420 feet · 2 min on foot · M, Q
Nearest bus stop
520 feet
Madison Av/E 63 St · BxM11
Within a walk
35 places
11 religious buildings, 6 day care or pre-K sites and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Park Avenue & East 63rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Lexington Av/63 St, 420 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 8 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lexington Av/63 St M, Q
    420 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
    1,260 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 Madison Av/E 63 St, 520 feet away, for the BxM11.

  • 59 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Madison Av/E 63 St BxM11
    520 feet
    BxM11

Next buses at this stop

  1. BxM11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 24 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
    1,000 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
    1.8 miles
  2. 35-39 East 61st Street Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    970 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 ten crashes at this corner, the median for a Manhattan corner.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 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
10065
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 8
City Council district
4
Police precinct
19
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill
Elevation
51 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. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1900 and 1940.

Trees

NYC Parks records 88 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2020 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 63rd Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 5 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of East 63rd Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 4 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE

East side of Park Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Park Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE
  • Taxi stand 1 sign TAXI STAND

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 103045 and 104779.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Upper East Side Historic District.

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 283 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec. They were mostly built between 1875 and 1904.

  1. The Colony Club Designated landmark
    230 feet
  2. Asia House Designated landmark
    290 feet
  3. The Hangar Club Designated landmark
    310 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 35 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Garden House School of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    380 feet
  2. Browning School
    540 feet
  3. Fifth Avenue Synagogue Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    870 feet
Show all 8
  1. Children's All Day School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    980 feet
  2. Christ Church, Methodist Episcopal, of New York City Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,050 feet
  3. French Institute Alliance Francaise Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,200 feet
  4. Diki Harmony Play House Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,250 feet
  5. St Vincent Ferrer High School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    1,090 feet
  2. Central Park Zoo Zoo or aquarium
    1,200 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Royale Public space
    1,060 feet
  2. Public space at 499 Park Avenue Public space
    1,190 feet
  3. Public space at 500 Park Tower Public space
    1,210 feet
Show all 6
  1. Public space at Plaza Tower Public space
    1,230 feet
  2. Public space at Phoenix Public space
    1,310 feet
  3. Public space at Trump Plaza Public space
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Barbizon Hotel for Women Listed historic place
    640 feet
  2. Barbara Rutherford Hatch House Listed historic place
    810 feet
  3. Sara Delano Roosevelt Memorial House Listed historic place
    830 feet
Show all 7
  1. Old York Library Research library
    860 feet
  2. The Grolier Club of New York Research library
    910 feet
  3. Seventh Regiment Armory Listed historic place
    1,180 feet
  4. Building at 45 East 66th Street Listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Society of Illustrators Arts or cultural center
    380 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Third Church of Christ Scientist Landmark
    120 feet
  2. Central Presbyterian Church Landmark
    230 feet
  3. Christ Church Methodist House of worship
    720 feet
Show all 9
  1. Congregation Edmond J Safra House of worship
    730 feet
  2. Rock Church House of worship
    790 feet
  3. 5 Ave Synagogue House of worship
    870 feet
  4. Metropolitan Koryo United Methodist Church House of worship
    920 feet
  5. St Vincents Ferrer Church Listed historic place
    1,230 feet
  6. Temple Emanuel House of worship
    1,290 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    1,060 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,140 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 73 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 63rd 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.