Park Avenue & East 72nd Street

Park Avenue and East 72nd 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, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. St James Church is 460 feet away, and Hewitt School is 1,160 feet away. The nearest subway, 68 St-Hunter College, is about six minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, six of them day care or pre-K sites, and 36 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
68 St-Hunter College
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
380 feet
E 72 St/Madison Av · M72
Within a walk
27 places
6 day care or pre-K sites, 6 religious buildings and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Park Avenue & East 72nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 68 St-Hunter College, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 68 St-Hunter College 6
    0.3 miles
    6

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 77 St 6
    0.3 miles
    6
  2. 72 St Q
    0.3 miles
    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 E 72 St/Madison Av, 380 feet away, for the M72.

  • 21 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 72 St/Madison Av M72
    380 feet
    M72

Next buses at this stop

  1. M72 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 40 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 72 St & Park Ave 43 docks in all
    80 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
    1.7 miles
  2. 301 East 79th Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    940 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 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

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
64 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 3,400 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 1947.

Trees

NYC Parks records 80 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 25 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2013 and January 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 72nd Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of East 72nd Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY CONSUL-C DIPLOMAT-A & D LICENSE PLATES D/S DECALS ONLY
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Park Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Park Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Upper East Side Historic District.

Within 820 feet are seven Individual Landmarks, and 343 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Renaissance. They were mostly built between 1876 and 1917.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Buckley School
    670 feet
  2. Resurrection Episcopal Day School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    800 feet
  3. Temple Israel of the City of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    850 feet
Show all 10
  1. The Children's Learning Center at Hunter College Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    890 feet
  2. The Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · landmark
    900 feet
  3. The Episcopal School in the City of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,020 feet
  4. CUNY Hunter College
    1,160 feet
  5. Sam School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,160 feet
  6. Hewitt School
    1,160 feet
  7. Manhattan High School for Girls School
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    1,070 feet
  2. East 72nd Street Playground
    1,180 feet

Plazas and public spaces

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Asia Society Museum · landmark
    490 feet
  2. Gertrude Rhinelander Waldo Mansion Listed historic place
    540 feet
  3. Upper East Side Historic District Listed historic place
    920 feet
Show all 6
  1. East 73rd Street Historic District Listed historic place
    1,050 feet
  2. Frick Collection Museum
    1,060 feet
  3. Whitney Museum of American Art Listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Italian Cultural Institute Arts or cultural center · listed historic place
    950 feet
  2. Americas Society Art Gallery Arts or cultural center
    1,020 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St James Church Landmark
    460 feet
  2. Madison Ave Presbyterian Church Landmark
    570 feet
  3. Church of the Resurrection Landmark
    670 feet
Show all 4
  1. Israel Temple House of worship
    850 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    450 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    1,000 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    1,110 feet
  2. D'Agostino Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  3. Walgreens 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 36 places to eat and seven food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 72nd 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.