Park Avenue & East 65th Street

Park Avenue and East 65th 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, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Asia House stands 380 feet away, and St Vincent Ferrer High School is 790 feet away. The nearest subway, Lexington Av/63 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the M and Q. Within a five-minute walk are 36 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 47 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Lexington Av/63 St
940 feet · 4 min on foot · M, Q
Nearest bus stop
600 feet
Madison Av/E 65 St · M66
Within a walk
36 places
10 religious buildings, 7 listed historic places and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Park Avenue & East 65th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Lexington Av/63 St, 940 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 8 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lexington Av/63 St M, Q
    940 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. 68 St-Hunter College 6
    1,230 feet
    6
  2. Lexington Av/59 St 4, 5, 6, N, R, W
    0.3 miles
    4 5 6 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 65 St, 600 feet away, for the M66.

  • 40 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Madison Av/E 65 St M66
    600 feet
    M66

Next buses at this stop

  1. M66 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 22 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 67 St & Park Ave 44 docks in all
    590 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at Queensboro Bridge & 2nd Avenue at East 59th Street, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1855 1st Avenue Gas station
    2 miles
  2. 200 East 65th Street Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    1,240 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 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
10065
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 8
City Council district
4
Police precinct
19
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill
Elevation
54 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,800 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 1892 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 86 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2019 and November 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 65th Street

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 65th Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 4 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY CONSUL & DIPLOMAT LICENSE PLATES 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY DELIVERY DECAL REQUIRED
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING 7AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of Park Avenue

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

West side of Park Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 101521.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Upper East Side Historic District.

Within 820 feet are four Individual Landmarks, and 325 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec. They were mostly built between 1876 and 1908.

  1. Asia House Designated landmark
    380 feet
  2. Cosmopolitan Club Designated landmark
    400 feet
  3. Park Avenue Armory Designated landmark
    460 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 36 public places.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 7 listed historic places
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 arts or cultural centers
  • 3 public spaces
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Diki Harmony Play House Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    730 feet
  2. St Vincent Ferrer High School
    790 feet
  3. Garden House School of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    910 feet
Show all 9
  1. Dominican Academy School
    940 feet
  2. The Children's Learning Center at Hunter College Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    960 feet
  3. Browning School
    1,070 feet
  4. Emanuel Congregation of the City of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,100 feet
  5. CUNY Hunter College
    1,150 feet
  6. The Episcopal School in the City of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    1,080 feet
  2. Central Park Zoo Zoo or aquarium
    1,110 feet
  3. Delacorte Clock in Central Park Park feature
    1,280 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Phoenix Public space
    1,040 feet
  2. Public space at Royale Public space
    1,310 feet
  3. Public space at Bristol Public space
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Sara Delano Roosevelt Memorial House Listed historic place
    310 feet
  2. Building at 45 East 66th Street Listed historic place
    760 feet
  3. East 66th St., 131-135, East 67th St., 130-134, Apt. Bldgs. At Listed historic place
    1,020 feet
Show all 7
  1. Barbizon Hotel for Women Listed historic place
    1,160 feet
  2. Upper East Side Historic District (Boundary Increase and Additional Documentation) Listed historic place
    1,170 feet
  3. Barbara Rutherford Hatch House Listed historic place
    1,170 feet
  4. Mount Sinai Dispensary Listed historic place
    1,180 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Society of Illustrators Arts or cultural center
    740 feet
  2. Americas Society Art Gallery Arts or cultural center
    860 feet
  3. Italian Cultural Institute Arts or cultural center · listed historic place
    920 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Central Presbyterian Church Landmark
    350 feet
  2. Third Church of Christ Scientist Landmark
    450 feet
  3. St Vincents Ferrer Church Listed historic place
    730 feet
Show all 8
  1. Temple Emanuel House of worship
    910 feet
  2. Congregation Edmond J Safra House of worship
    1,010 feet
  3. Park East Synagogue Listed historic place
    1,220 feet
  4. Christ Church Methodist House of worship
    1,240 feet
  5. Rock Church House of worship
    1,280 feet

Fire and police

  1. 19th Precinct Police station
    1,300 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,010 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,070 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,100 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 47 places to eat and two food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 65th 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.