Park Avenue & East 69th Street

Park Avenue and East 69th 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, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Italian Cultural Institute is 170 feet away. The nearest subway, 68 St-Hunter College, is about three minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, seven of them listed historic places, and 29 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
68 St-Hunter College
690 feet · 3 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
590 feet
Madison Av/E 69 St · M72
Within a walk
26 places
7 listed historic places, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Park Avenue & East 69th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 68 St-Hunter College, 690 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 72 St Q
    0.3 miles
    Q
  2. Lexington Av/63 St M, Q
    0.4 miles
    M Q

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 69 St, 590 feet away, for the M72.

  • 21 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Madison Av/E 69 St M72 · Countdown sign
    590 feet
    M72
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. M72 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 52 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at Queensboro Bridge & 2nd Avenue at East 59th Street, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1855 1st Avenue Gas station
    1.9 miles
  2. 301 East 79th Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    130 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2017

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10021
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 8
City Council district
4
Police precinct
19
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill
Elevation
78 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,900 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 1917 and 1955.

Trees

NYC Parks records 94 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2018 and May 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 69th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY CONSUL-C DIPLOMAT-A & D LICENSE PLATES D/S DECALS ONLY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of East 69th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

East side of Park Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 102862 and 106057.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Upper East Side Historic District.

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 272 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Federal. They were mostly built between 1878 and 1917.

  1. The Union Club of New York Designated landmark
    190 feet
  2. Hotel Westbury Designated landmark
    610 feet
  3. Park Avenue Armory Designated landmark
    710 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.

  • 7 listed historic places
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 2 arts or cultural centers
  • 2 colleges
  • 9 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Children's Learning Center at Hunter College Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · landmark
    80 feet
  2. CUNY Hunter College Landmark
    350 feet
  3. Dominican Academy School
    560 feet
Show all 8
  1. The Episcopal School in the City of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    220 feet
  2. Manhattan High School for Girls School
    830 feet
  3. NY School of Interior Design College
    960 feet
  4. Park East Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,110 feet
  5. Rabbi Arthur Schneier Park East Day School
    1,120 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    1,070 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 733 Park Avenue Public space
    550 feet
  2. Public space at Trump Palace Public space
    1,180 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Upper East Side Historic District Listed historic place
    340 feet
  2. Asia Society Museum · landmark
    350 feet
  3. Upper East Side Historic District (Boundary Increase and Additional Documentation) Listed historic place
    910 feet
Show all 9
  1. Frick Collection Museum
    1,020 feet
  2. Mount Sinai Dispensary Listed historic place
    1,030 feet
  3. Sara Delano Roosevelt Memorial House Listed historic place
    1,180 feet
  4. East 66th St., 131-135, East 67th St., 130-134, Apt. Bldgs. At Listed historic place
    1,210 feet
  5. Gertrude Rhinelander Waldo Mansion Listed historic place
    1,280 feet
  6. Building at 45 East 66th Street Listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Italian Cultural Institute Arts or cultural center · listed historic place
    170 feet
  2. Americas Society Art Gallery Arts or cultural center
    220 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St James Church Landmark
    800 feet
  2. Park East Synagogue Listed historic place
    1,160 feet
  3. St Vincents Ferrer Church Listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 39/Ladder 16 Fire station
    1,140 feet
  2. 19th Precinct Police station
    1,150 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    580 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. D'Agostino Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    1,250 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 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 69th 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.