Park Avenue & East 77th Street

Park Avenue and East 77th 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, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Manhattan corner. Lenox Hill Hospital is 160 feet away, and Cedar Hill in Central Park is 1,040 feet away. The nearest subway, 77 St, is about two minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 29 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 36 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
77 St
430 feet · 2 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
670 feet
Lexington Av/E 77 St · M101, M102, M103
Within a walk
29 places
8 religious buildings, 5 listed historic places and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Park Avenue & East 77th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 77 St, 430 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. 77 St 6
    430 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. 6 …
Downtown
1 line
  1. 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, 670 feet away, for the M101, M102 and M103.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M101 …
  2. M102 …
  3. M103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on East 77th Street.

  • 44 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
    350 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
    980 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 ten crashes at this corner, the median for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2017
  • Turn calming, June 2021

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10075
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 8
City Council district
4
Police precinct
19
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill
Elevation
69 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 80 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
  • 12 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2015 and February 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 77th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING 8AM-6PM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

South side of East 77th Street

  • Ambulettes only 3 signs AMBULETTE ONLY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS

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

West side of Park Avenue

  • No parking 4 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 11 Individual Landmarks, and 218 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 1912.

  1. The Finch School Designated landmark
    300 feet
  2. (former) Finch College Designated landmark
    350 feet
  3. The Carlyle Hotel Designated landmark
    390 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Ramaz Upper School Landmark
    410 feet
  2. Temple Israel of the City of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    640 feet
  3. Hewitt School Landmark
    710 feet
Show all 9
  1. Allen-Stevenson School Landmark
    750 feet
  2. Resurrection Episcopal Day School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,050 feet
  3. The Hewitt Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,070 feet
  4. Buckley School
    1,190 feet
  5. St Jean Baptiste High School
    1,200 feet
  6. All Souls School Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Cedar Hill in Central Park Park feature
    1,040 feet
  2. Central Park Listed historic place
    1,090 feet
  3. James Michael Levin Playground
    1,100 feet
Show all 4
  1. Sophie Loeb Fountain in Central Park Park feature
    1,140 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Park 900 Public space
    810 feet

Health care

  1. Lenox Hill Hospital
    160 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. East 78th Street Houses Listed historic place
    970 feet
  2. New York Society Library (The) Research library · listed historic place
    1,000 feet
  3. Whitney Museum of American Art Listed historic place
    1,020 feet
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  1. East 80th Street Houses Listed historic place
    1,190 feet
  2. James B. Duke Mansion Listed historic place
    1,240 feet
  3. House at 49 East 80th Street Listed historic place
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Israel Temple House of worship
    640 feet
  2. Church of the Resurrection House of worship
    820 feet
  3. St Jean Baptiste RC Church Listed historic place
    870 feet
Show all 5
  1. Madison Ave Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,270 feet
  2. Unitarian Church All Soul House of worship
    1,280 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    940 feet
  2. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    970 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    1,000 feet

Supermarkets

  1. D'Agostino Supermarket
    820 feet
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    1,270 feet
  3. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    620 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 36 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 77th 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.