Park Avenue & East 74th Street

Park Avenue and East 74th 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, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Church of the Resurrection is 210 feet away, and Pilgrim Hill & Conservatory Water is 1,170 feet away. The nearest subway, 77 St, is about five minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 32 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
77 St
1,230 feet · 5 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
680 feet
Lexington Av/E 74 St · M101, M102, M103
Within a walk
24 places
8 religious buildings, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Park Avenue & East 74th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 77 St, 1,230 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 77 St 6
    1,230 feet
    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
    0.4 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 Lexington Av/E 74 St, 680 feet away, for the M101, M102 and M103.

  • 22 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lexington Av/E 74 St M101, M102, M103
    680 feet
    M101 M102 M103

Next buses at this stop

  1. M101 …
  2. M102 …
  3. M103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 42 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 76 St & Park Ave 28 docks in all
    600 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
    1.6 miles
  2. 101 East 78th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1,170 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 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
60 feet above sea level

The streets

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

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 1912 and 1947.

Trees

NYC Parks records 89 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 36 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2019 and February 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 74th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of East 74th Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of Park Avenue

  • No parking 5 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: 112286 and 112801.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Upper East Side Historic District.

Within 820 feet are nine Individual Landmarks, and 288 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec. They were mostly built between 1878 and 1913.

  1. Whitney Museum of American Art Designated landmark
    440 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 schools
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 hospital
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Resurrection Episcopal Day School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    250 feet
  2. Temple Israel of the City of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · landmark
    310 feet
  3. Buckley School
    400 feet
Show all 9
  1. Hewitt School Landmark
    610 feet
  2. Sam School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    620 feet
  3. The Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · landmark
    670 feet
  4. St Jean Baptiste High School
    1,110 feet
  5. The Buckley School in the City of New York School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,180 feet
  6. Ramaz Upper School
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    1,090 feet
  2. Pilgrim Hill & Conservatory Water Playground
    1,170 feet

Plazas and public spaces

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

Health care

  1. Lenox Hill Hospital
    880 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. East 73rd Street Historic District Listed historic place
    1,030 feet
  2. Asia Society Museum
    1,040 feet
  3. Gertrude Rhinelander Waldo Mansion Listed historic place
    1,090 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Church of the Resurrection Landmark
    210 feet
  2. Israel Temple Landmark
    310 feet
  3. Madison Ave Presbyterian Church Landmark
    480 feet
Show all 5
  1. St James Church House of worship
    1,000 feet
  2. St Jean Baptiste RC Church Listed historic place
    1,010 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    880 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,000 feet
  3. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. D'Agostino Supermarket
    990 feet
  2. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,230 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 places to eat and five food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 74th 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.