Park Avenue & East 71st Street

Park Avenue and East 71st 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, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The Union Club of New York stands 460 feet away, and Frick Collection is 890 feet away. The nearest subway, 68 St-Hunter College, is about five minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 34 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
68 St-Hunter College
1,210 feet · 5 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
520 feet
Madison Av/71 St · BxM6, BxM7, BxM8, BxM9 +1
Within a walk
25 places
6 religious buildings, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Park Avenue & East 71st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 68 St-Hunter College, 1,210 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 68 St-Hunter College 6
    1,210 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
    0.4 miles
    Q
  2. 77 St 6
    0.4 miles
    6

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/71 St, 520 feet away, for the BxM6, BxM7, BxM8, BxM9 and BxM10.

  • 22 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Madison Av/71 St BxM6, BxM7, BxM8, BxM9 +1
    520 feet
    BxM6 BxM7 BxM8 BxM9 BxM10

Next buses at this stop

  1. BxM6 …
  2. BxM7 …
  3. BxM8 …
  4. BxM9 …
  5. BxM10 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on East 71st Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 72 St & Park Ave 43 docks in all
    350 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at East 70th Street, 0.8 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
    650 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 five crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 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
74 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,000 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 1916 and 1940.

Trees

NYC Parks records 85 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
  • 9 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2020 and October 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 71st Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of East 71st Street

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

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: 103078 and 110491.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Upper East Side Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 324 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Federal, and mostly built between 1879 and 1917.

  1. The Union Club of New York Designated landmark
    460 feet
  2. Hotel Westbury Designated landmark
    710 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 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
    610 feet
  2. CUNY Hunter College Landmark
    870 feet
  3. Manhattan High School for Girls School
    930 feet
Show all 10
  1. The Episcopal School in the City of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    740 feet
  2. Buckley School
    950 feet
  3. Resurrection Episcopal Day School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,080 feet
  4. Dominican Academy School
    1,090 feet
  5. NY School of Interior Design College
    1,120 feet
  6. Temple Israel of the City of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,140 feet
  7. The Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    1,080 feet
  2. East 72nd Street Playground
    1,100 feet

Plazas and public spaces

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Asia Society Museum · landmark
    210 feet
  2. Upper East Side Historic District Listed historic place
    640 feet
  3. Gertrude Rhinelander Waldo Mansion Listed historic place
    760 feet
Show all 4
  1. Frick Collection Museum
    890 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

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

Houses of worship

  1. St James Church Landmark
    420 feet
  2. Madison Ave Presbyterian Church House of worship
    860 feet
  3. Church of the Resurrection House of worship
    950 feet
Show all 4
  1. Israel Temple House of worship
    1,140 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    730 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,060 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 34 places to eat and three food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 71st 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.