Park Avenue & East 70th Street

Park Avenue and East 70th 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. Asia Society is 120 feet away, and NY School of Interior Design is 860 feet away. The nearest subway, 68 St-Hunter College, is about four minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, five of them listed historic places, and 35 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
68 St-Hunter College
950 feet · 4 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
520 feet
Madison Av/E 70 St · BxM3, BxM4, BxM11
Within a walk
24 places
5 listed historic places, 5 religious buildings and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Park Avenue & East 70th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 68 St-Hunter College, 950 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 68 St-Hunter College 6
    950 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 70 St, 520 feet away, for the BxM3, BxM4 and BxM11.

  • 21 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Madison Av/E 70 St BxM3, BxM4, BxM11
    520 feet
    BxM3 BxM4 BxM11

Next buses at this stop

  1. BxM3 …
  2. BxM4 …
  3. BxM11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on East 70th Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 70 St & Madison Ave 44 docks in all
    570 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at East 70th Street, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1855 1st Avenue Gas station
    1.8 miles
  2. 301 East 79th Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    990 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 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. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.

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
79 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,600 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 1914 and 1940.

Trees

NYC Parks records 92 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2018 and May 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 70th Street

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

South side of East 70th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Park Avenue

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

West side of Park Avenue

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 101880, 102522 and 102860.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Upper East Side Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 303 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Federal, and mostly built between 1878 and 1917.

  1. The Union Club of New York Designated landmark
    230 feet
  2. Hotel Westbury Designated landmark
    610 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 public places.

  • 5 listed historic places
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 arts or cultural centers
  • 2 colleges
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Children's Learning Center at Hunter College Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · landmark
    340 feet
  2. CUNY Hunter College Landmark
    610 feet
  3. Manhattan High School for Girls School
    670 feet
Show all 7
  1. The Episcopal School in the City of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    480 feet
  2. Dominican Academy School
    830 feet
  3. NY School of Interior Design College
    860 feet
  4. Buckley School
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    1,080 feet
  2. East Green in Central Park Park feature
    1,280 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 733 Park Avenue Public space
    290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Asia Society Museum · landmark
    120 feet
  2. Upper East Side Historic District Listed historic place
    370 feet
  3. Frick Collection Museum
    870 feet
Show all 7
  1. Gertrude Rhinelander Waldo Mansion Listed historic place
    1,020 feet
  2. Upper East Side Historic District (Boundary Increase and Additional Documentation) Listed historic place
    1,170 feet
  3. Seventh Regiment Armory Listed historic place
    1,180 feet
  4. Mount Sinai Dispensary Listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

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

Houses of worship

  1. St James Church Landmark
    530 feet
  2. Madison Ave Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,120 feet
  3. Church of the Resurrection House of worship
    1,210 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    840 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles
  3. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    1,130 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 35 places to eat and two food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 70th 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.