Park Avenue & East 78th Street

Park Avenue and East 78th 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, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Ramaz Upper School is 310 feet away, and Church of the Resurrection is 1,080 feet away. The nearest subway, 77 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 29 public places, eight of them listed historic places, and 39 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
77 St
700 feet · 3 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
600 feet
Madison Av/E 77 St · M1, M2, M3, M4
Within a walk
29 places
8 listed historic places, 7 religious buildings and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Park Avenue & East 78th 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 …

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 77 St, 600 feet away, for the M1, M2, M3 and M4.

  • 23 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Madison Av/E 77 St M1, M2, M3, M4
    600 feet
    M1 M2 M3 M4

Next buses at this stop

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

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on East 78th Street.

  • 47 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
    610 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at FDR Drive & East 78th Street, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 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, December 2015

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
71 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 90 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2015 and March 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 78th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Electric vehicle charging only 2 signs ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING ONLY
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of East 78th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

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: 111748 and 113322.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Upper East Side Historic District.

Within 820 feet are 12 Individual Landmarks, and 173 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec. They were mostly built between 1880 and 1913.

  1. (former) Finch College Designated landmark
    310 feet
  2. The Finch School Designated landmark
    340 feet
  3. George Rives Residence Designated landmark
    460 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 8 listed historic places
  • 7 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 public spaces
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Ramaz Upper School Landmark
    310 feet
  2. Allen-Stevenson School Landmark
    490 feet
  3. Temple Israel of the City of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    910 feet
Show all 8
  1. Hewitt School
    970 feet
  2. All Souls School Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,010 feet
  3. Rudolf Steiner School
    1,150 feet
  4. P.S. 006 Lillie D. Blake School
    1,290 feet
  5. Resurrection Episcopal Day School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    1,070 feet
  2. Cedar Hill in Central Park Park feature
    1,100 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Park 900 Public space
    540 feet
  2. Public space at 980 Fifth Avenue Public space
    1,270 feet

Health care

  1. Lenox Hill Hospital
    430 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. East 78th Street Houses Listed historic place
    710 feet
  2. New York Society Library (The) Research library · listed historic place
    730 feet
  3. East 80th Street Houses Listed historic place
    930 feet
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  1. James B. Duke Mansion Listed historic place
    970 feet
  2. House at 49 East 80th Street Listed historic place
    1,020 feet
  3. 133 East 80th Street Listed historic place
    1,090 feet
  4. Harry F. Sinclair House Listed historic place
    1,280 feet
  5. Whitney Museum of American Art Listed historic place
    1,280 feet
  6. Houses at 208-218 East 78th Street Listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Israel Temple House of worship
    910 feet
  2. Unitarian Church All Soul House of worship
    1,010 feet
  3. Church of the Resurrection House of worship
    1,080 feet
Show all 4
  1. St Jean Baptiste RC Church Listed historic place
    1,140 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    710 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    740 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    940 feet

Supermarkets

  1. D'Agostino Supermarket
    1,090 feet
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    1,110 feet
  3. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    890 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 39 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 78th 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.