Park Avenue & East 81st Street

Park Avenue and East 81st 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 Rives Residence, one of eight Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 510 feet away, and Lenox Hill Hospital is 1,260 feet away. The nearest subway, 77 St, is about six minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 28 public places and 45 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
77 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
750 feet
Madison Av/E 80 St · BxM2, BxM3, BxM4
Within a walk
28 places
8 schools, 7 listed historic places and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Park Avenue & East 81st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 77 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 77 St 6
    0.3 miles
    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
    0.3 miles
    4 5 6
  2. 86 St Q
    0.4 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, 750 feet away, for the BxM2, BxM3 and BxM4.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. BxM2 …
  2. BxM3 …
  3. BxM4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Madison Ave & E 82 St 34 docks in all
    760 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. 101 East 78th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1,020 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 four crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 4 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 May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2015
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, April 2021

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10028
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 8
City Council district
4
Police precinct
19
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill
Elevation
92 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,100 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 95 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2017 and June 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 81st Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 81st Street

  • No parking 8 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

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Park Avenue Historic District.

Within 820 feet are eight Individual Landmarks, and 96 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1883 and 1916.

  1. George and Martha Whitney House Designated landmark
    430 feet
  2. Clarence Dillion House Designated landmark
    450 feet
  3. George Rives Residence Designated landmark
    510 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 006 Lillie D. Blake School
    460 feet
  2. Loyola School Landmark
    680 feet
  3. Emet Classical Academy School
    750 feet
Show all 9
  1. All Souls School Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    860 feet
  2. St Ignatius Loyola School
    1,020 feet
  3. Ramaz Upper School
    1,140 feet
  4. Rudolf Steiner School
    1,210 feet
  5. Regis High School
    1,220 feet
  6. Ramaz Middle School
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    1,080 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Park 900 Public space
    550 feet
  2. Public space at Kenilworth Public space
    1,240 feet
  3. Public space at Wimbledon Public space
    1,310 feet
Show all 4
  1. Public space at 985 Fifth Avenue Public space
    1,310 feet

Health care

  1. Lenox Hill Hospital
    1,260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. East 80th Street Houses Listed historic place
    630 feet
  2. House at 49 East 80th Street Listed historic place
    720 feet
  3. 133 East 80th Street Listed historic place
    730 feet
Show all 8
  1. William Schickel House Listed historic place
    770 feet
  2. New York Society Library (The) Research library · listed historic place
    1,000 feet
  3. Church of St. Ignatius Loyola Complex Listed historic place
    1,030 feet
  4. Lewis G. Morris House Listed historic place
    1,130 feet
  5. Duke Residence Listed historic place
    1,230 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Congregation or Zarua House of worship
    540 feet
  2. Unitarian Church All Soul House of worship
    860 feet
  3. Park Ave Methodist Church House of worship
    1,290 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    970 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,120 feet
  3. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. D'Agostino Supermarket
    1,150 feet
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,260 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 45 places to eat and eight food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 81st 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.