Park Avenue & East 73rd Street

Park Avenue and East 73rd 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, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Buckley School is 390 feet away, and Lenox Hill Hospital is 1,150 feet away. The nearest subway, 77 St, is about six minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 37 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
77 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
610 feet
Madison Av/E 72 St · M1, M2, M3, M4
Within a walk
26 places
8 religious buildings, 6 day care or pre-K sites and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Park Avenue & East 73rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 77 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 77 St 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. 68 St-Hunter College 6
    0.3 miles
    6
  2. 72 St Q
    0.4 miles
    Q

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “4 Seasons Seasoned” (2004) by Robert Kushner at the 77 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Madison Av/E 72 St, 610 feet away, for the M1, M2, M3 and M4.

  • 22 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Madison Av/E 72 St M1, M2, M3, M4
    610 feet
    M1 M2 M3 M4

Next buses at this stop

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

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 43 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
    360 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at East 70th Street, 0.9 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
    1,220 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 eight crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2015
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2024

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
60 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,500 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 1913 and 1947.

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
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2017 and January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 73rd Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-5PM

South side of East 73rd Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of Park Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Park Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 112284 and 112938.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Upper East Side Historic District.

Within 820 feet are 12 Individual Landmarks, and 316 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec and neo-Renaissance. They were mostly built between 1879 and 1917.

  1. Whitney Museum of American Art Designated landmark
    590 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

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

Schools and child care

  1. Buckley School
    390 feet
  2. Resurrection Episcopal Day School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    520 feet
  3. Temple Israel of the City of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · landmark
    570 feet
Show all 8
  1. The Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · landmark
    610 feet
  2. Hewitt School
    880 feet
  3. Sam School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    880 feet
  4. The Children's Learning Center at Hunter College Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,170 feet
  5. The Episcopal School in the City of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    1,070 feet
  2. Pilgrim Hill & Conservatory Water Playground
    1,250 feet

Plazas and public spaces

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

Health care

  1. Lenox Hill Hospital
    1,150 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. East 73rd Street Historic District Listed historic place
    760 feet
  2. Asia Society Museum
    780 feet
  3. Gertrude Rhinelander Waldo Mansion Listed historic place
    830 feet
Show all 4
  1. Upper East Side Historic District Listed historic place
    1,200 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Italian Cultural Institute Arts or cultural center · listed historic place
    1,240 feet
  2. Americas Society Art Gallery Arts or cultural center
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Church of the Resurrection Landmark
    380 feet
  2. Madison Ave Presbyterian Church Landmark
    450 feet
  3. Israel Temple Landmark
    570 feet
Show all 5
  1. St James Church Landmark
    740 feet
  2. St Jean Baptiste RC Church Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    730 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,140 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. D'Agostino Supermarket
    1,260 feet
  2. Morton Williams Supermarket
    1,310 feet
  3. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 37 places to eat and six food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 73rd 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.