Park Avenue & East 79th Street

Park Avenue and East 79th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill, Manhattan. The corner lies on the edge of the Upper East Side Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 24 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. George Rives Residence, one of 12 Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 270 feet away, and Israel Temple is 1,190 feet away. The nearest subway, 77 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 30 public places and 43 places to eat.

Safety record
13 hurt
24 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
77 St
980 feet · 4 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
370 feet
E 79 St/Madison Av · M79 SBS
Within a walk
30 places
7 schools, 6 listed historic places and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Park Avenue & East 79th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 77 St, 980 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 77 St 6
    980 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. 6 …
Downtown
1 line
  1. 6 …

Also within a walk

  1. 86 St 4, 5, 6
    0.4 miles
    4 5 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 E 79 St/Madison Av, 370 feet away, for the M79 SBS.

  • 18 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 79 St/Madison Av M79 SBS · Shelter
    370 feet
    M79 SBS
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M79 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 52 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
    900 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at FDR Drive & East 78th Street, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1855 1st Avenue Gas station
    1.3 miles
  2. 101 East 78th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    470 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 24 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

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
74 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 3,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

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
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 79th Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY CONSUL-C DIPLOMAT-A & D LICENSE PLATES D/S DECALS ONLY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-5PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 79th Street

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

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

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Upper East Side Historic District.

Within 820 feet are 12 Individual Landmarks, and 141 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Federal. They were mostly built between 1880 and 1916.

  1. George Rives Residence Designated landmark
    270 feet
  2. George and Martha Whitney House Designated landmark
    350 feet
  3. Clarence Dillion House Designated landmark
    380 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Ramaz Upper School Landmark
    590 feet
  2. All Souls School Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    740 feet
  3. Allen-Stevenson School
    770 feet
Show all 9
  1. Rudolf Steiner School
    870 feet
  2. P.S. 006 Lillie D. Blake School
    1,000 feet
  3. Temple Israel of the City of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,190 feet
  4. Loyola School
    1,230 feet
  5. Hewitt School
    1,260 feet
  6. Emet Classical Academy School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Cedar Hill in Central Park Park feature
    1,040 feet
  2. Central Park Listed historic place
    1,070 feet
  3. Group of Bears Sculpture in Central Park Park feature
    1,210 feet
Show all 4
  1. Ruth and Arthur Smadbeck-Heckscher East Playground
    1,220 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Park 900 Public space
    260 feet
  2. Public space at 980 Fifth Avenue Public space
    980 feet
  3. Public space at 985 Fifth Avenue Public space
    1,090 feet
Show all 4
  1. Public space at Kenilworth Public space
    1,260 feet

Health care

  1. Lenox Hill Hospital
    720 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. New York Society Library (The) Research library · listed historic place
    450 feet
  2. East 80th Street Houses Listed historic place
    650 feet
  3. House at 49 East 80th Street Listed historic place
    730 feet
Show all 7
  1. 133 East 80th Street Listed historic place
    800 feet
  2. East 78th Street Houses Listed historic place
    890 feet
  3. Harry F. Sinclair House Listed historic place
    990 feet
  4. James B. Duke Mansion Listed historic place
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Unitarian Church All Soul House of worship
    740 feet
  2. Congregation or Zarua House of worship
    1,090 feet
  3. Israel Temple House of worship
    1,190 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    570 feet
  2. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    650 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    660 feet

Supermarkets

  1. D'Agostino Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,170 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 43 places to eat and five food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 79th Street or Park Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.