Park Avenue & East 76th Street

Park Avenue and East 76th 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, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Hewitt School is 440 feet away, and James Michael Levin Playground is 1,220 feet away. The nearest subway, 77 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 38 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
77 St
700 feet · 3 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
610 feet
Lexington Av/E 77 St · M101, M102, M103
Within a walk
26 places
7 religious buildings, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Park Avenue & East 76th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 77 St, 700 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. 77 St 6
    700 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
    0.5 miles
    6

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 77 St, 610 feet away, for the M101, M102 and M103.

  • 22 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lexington Av/E 77 St M101, M102, M103
    610 feet
    M101 M102 M103

Next buses at this stop

  1. M101 …
  2. M102 …
  3. M103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 76 St & Park Ave 28 docks in all
    80 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at FDR Drive & East 78th Street, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 1855 1st Avenue Gas station
    1.5 miles
  2. 101 East 78th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    650 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2015

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
68 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.

Trees

NYC Parks records 82 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2017 and April 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 76th Street

  • Doctor plates only 1 sign DOCTOR LICENSE PLATES ONLY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY

South side of East 76th Street

  • Doctor plates only 2 signs DOCTOR LICENSE PLATES ONLY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

East side of Park Avenue

  • Doctor plates only 2 signs DOCTOR LICENSE PLATES ONLY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Upper East Side Historic District.

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 262 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Renaissance. They were mostly built between 1878 and 1913.

  1. The Carlyle Hotel Designated landmark
    410 feet
  2. The Finch School Designated landmark
    450 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 5 schools
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 park features
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Temple Israel of the City of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · landmark
    380 feet
  2. Hewitt School Landmark
    440 feet
  3. Ramaz Upper School Landmark
    680 feet
Show all 10
  1. Resurrection Episcopal Day School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    780 feet
  2. The Hewitt Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    810 feet
  3. Buckley School
    930 feet
  4. St Jean Baptiste High School
    940 feet
  5. Allen-Stevenson School
    1,010 feet
  6. Sam School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,150 feet
  7. The Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    1,070 feet
  2. Cedar Hill in Central Park Park feature
    1,080 feet
  3. James Michael Levin Playground
    1,220 feet
Show all 4
  1. Sophie Loeb Fountain in Central Park Park feature
    1,220 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Park 900 Public space
    1,070 feet

Health care

  1. Lenox Hill Hospital
    350 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Whitney Museum of American Art Listed historic place
    750 feet
  2. East 78th Street Houses Listed historic place
    1,230 feet
  3. New York Society Library (The) Research library · listed historic place
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Israel Temple Landmark
    380 feet
  2. Church of the Resurrection Landmark
    550 feet
  3. St Jean Baptiste RC Church Listed historic place
    690 feet
Show all 4
  1. Madison Ave Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,010 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    680 feet
  2. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    1,240 feet
  3. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    700 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 38 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 76th 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.