Park Avenue & East 80th Street

Park Avenue and East 80th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill, Manhattan. The corner lies inside the Park Avenue Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. George and Martha Whitney House, one of eight Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 280 feet away. The nearest subway, 77 St, is about five minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 30 public places and 52 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
77 St
1,260 feet · 5 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
540 feet
Madison Av/E 80 St · BxM2, BxM3, BxM4
Within a walk
30 places
7 listed historic places, 7 schools and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Park Avenue & East 80th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 77 St, 1,260 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 77 St 6
    1,260 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
  2. 86 St Q
    0.5 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 Madison Av/E 80 St, 540 feet away, for the BxM2, BxM3 and BxM4.

  • 21 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Madison Av/E 80 St BxM2, BxM3, BxM4
    540 feet
    BxM2 BxM3 BxM4

Next buses at this stop

  1. BxM2 …
  2. BxM3 …
  3. BxM4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 53 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Madison Ave & E 82 St 34 docks in all
    1,020 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
    1.3 miles
  2. 113 East 84th Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1,320 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2017
  • Turn calming, December 2018

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
81 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,900 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 92 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

North side of East 80th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of East 80th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Ambulettes only 1 sign AMBULETTE ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

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: 109364 and 111267.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Park Avenue Historic District.

Within 820 feet are eight Individual Landmarks, and 126 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Beaux-Arts, Renaissance Revival and neo-Federal. They were mostly built between 1883 and 1916.

  1. George and Martha Whitney House Designated landmark
    280 feet
  2. George Rives Residence Designated landmark
    310 feet
  3. Clarence Dillion House Designated landmark
    310 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 7 listed historic places
  • 7 schools
  • 4 public spaces
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 park features
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. All Souls School Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    630 feet
  2. P.S. 006 Lillie D. Blake School
    720 feet
  3. Ramaz Upper School Landmark
    870 feet
Show all 8
  1. Loyola School
    940 feet
  2. Rudolf Steiner School
    950 feet
  3. Emet Classical Academy School
    1,020 feet
  4. Allen-Stevenson School Landmark
    1,060 feet
  5. St Ignatius Loyola School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    1,080 feet
  2. Ruth and Arthur Smadbeck-Heckscher East Playground
    1,180 feet
  3. Group of Bears Sculpture in Central Park Park feature
    1,230 feet
Show all 4
  1. Cedar Hill in Central Park Park feature
    1,270 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Park 900 Public space
    290 feet
  2. Public space at Kenilworth Public space
    980 feet
  3. Public space at 985 Fifth Avenue Public space
    1,050 feet
Show all 4
  1. Public space at 980 Fifth Avenue Public space
    1,270 feet

Health care

  1. Lenox Hill Hospital
    1,000 feet
  2. Upper East Side Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. East 80th Street Houses Listed historic place
    360 feet
  2. House at 49 East 80th Street Listed historic place
    450 feet
  3. 133 East 80th Street Listed historic place
    520 feet
Show all 8
  1. New York Society Library (The) Research library · listed historic place
    730 feet
  2. William Schickel House Listed historic place
    1,040 feet
  3. East 78th Street Houses Listed historic place
    1,170 feet
  4. Harry F. Sinclair House Listed historic place
    1,270 feet
  5. Church of St. Ignatius Loyola Complex Listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Unitarian Church All Soul House of worship
    630 feet
  2. Congregation or Zarua House of worship
    800 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    700 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    850 feet
  3. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    940 feet

Supermarkets

  1. D'Agostino Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 52 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 80th 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.