Park Avenue & East 66th Street

Park Avenue and East 66th 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, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. In 2025, 668 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Park Avenue Armory stands 280 feet away, and Central Park Zoo is 1,110 feet away. The nearest subway, 68 St-Hunter College, is about four minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 32 public places and 40 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
68 St-Hunter College
970 feet · 4 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
520 feet
Madison Av/E 66 St · M1, M2, M3, M4 +1
Within a walk
32 places
7 religious buildings, 6 listed historic places and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Park Avenue & East 66th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 68 St-Hunter College, 970 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 8 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 68 St-Hunter College 6
    970 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. 6 …
Downtown
1 line
  1. 6 …

Also within a walk

  1. Lexington Av/63 St M, Q
    1,210 feet
    M Q
  2. Lexington Av/59 St 4, 5, 6, N, R, W
    0.4 miles
    4 5 6 N R W

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Tempestuous Terrain; Liminal Location” (2024) by Lisa Corinne Davis at the 68 St-Hunter College station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Madison Av/E 66 St, 520 feet away, for the M1, M2, M3, M4 and M72.

  • 24 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Madison Av/E 66 St M1, M2, M3, M4 +1
    520 feet
    M1 M2 M3 M4 M72

Next buses at this stop

  1. M1 …
  2. M2 …
  3. M3 …
  4. M4 …
  5. M72 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 42 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
    330 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at Queensboro Bridge & 2nd Avenue at East 59th Street, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 720 11th Avenue Gas station
    2 miles
  2. 200 East 65th Street Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2017

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 668 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,007th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 515 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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
56 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 75 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 25 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2018 and July 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 66th Street

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

South side of East 66th Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 7 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Park Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Park Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 102432.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Upper East Side Historic District.

Within 820 feet are six Individual Landmarks, and 313 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Federal and neo-Grec. They were mostly built between 1877 and 1909.

  1. Park Avenue Armory Designated landmark
    280 feet
  2. Cosmopolitan Club Designated landmark
    360 feet
  3. 131-135 East 66th Street Apartment House Designated landmark
    590 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

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

Schools and child care

  1. Diki Harmony Play House Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    550 feet
  2. Dominican Academy School
    680 feet
  3. The Children's Learning Center at Hunter College Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    710 feet
Show all 9
  1. Emanuel Congregation of the City of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    840 feet
  2. CUNY Hunter College
    880 feet
  3. The Episcopal School in the City of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,000 feet
  4. St Vincent Ferrer High School
    1,050 feet
  5. Garden House School of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,160 feet
  6. Rabbi Arthur Schneier Park East Day School
    1,250 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. Billy Johnson Playground
    1,290 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Phoenix Public space
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Sara Delano Roosevelt Memorial House Listed historic place
    400 feet
  2. Building at 45 East 66th Street Listed historic place
    510 feet
  3. East 66th St., 131-135, East 67th St., 130-134, Apt. Bldgs. At Listed historic place
    760 feet
Show all 7
  1. Upper East Side Historic District (Boundary Increase and Additional Documentation) Listed historic place
    910 feet
  2. Mount Sinai Dispensary Listed historic place
    920 feet
  3. Asia Society Museum
    1,130 feet
  4. Upper East Side Historic District Listed historic place
    1,130 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Americas Society Art Gallery Arts or cultural center
    600 feet
  2. Italian Cultural Institute Arts or cultural center · listed historic place
    660 feet
  3. Society of Illustrators Arts or cultural center
    1,000 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Central Presbyterian Church Landmark
    610 feet
  2. St Vincents Ferrer Church Listed historic place
    650 feet
  3. Third Church of Christ Scientist House of worship
    710 feet
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  1. Temple Emanuel House of worship
    940 feet
  2. Park East Synagogue Listed historic place
    960 feet
  3. Congregation Edmond J Safra House of worship
    1,270 feet

Fire and police

  1. 19th Precinct Police station
    1,040 feet
  2. Engine 39/Ladder 16 Fire station
    1,120 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,270 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,290 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 40 places to eat and one food store.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 66th Street or Park Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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.