Park Avenue & East 83rd Street

Park Avenue and East 83rd 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, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. In 2025, 1,497 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Loyola School is 150 feet away, and Central Park is 1,080 feet away. The nearest subway, 86 St, is about five minutes on foot, for the 4, 5 and 6. Within a five-minute walk are 31 public places and 51 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
1,280 feet · 5 min on foot · 4, 5, 6
Nearest bus stop
520 feet
Madison Av/E 83 St · M1, M2, M3, M4
Within a walk
31 places
8 listed historic places, 8 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Park Avenue & East 83rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 86 St, 1,280 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 86 St 4, 5, 6
    1,280 feet
    4 5 6

Next trains at this station

Uptown
3 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. 5 …
  3. 6 …
Downtown
3 lines
  1. 4 …
  2. 5 …
  3. 6 …

Also within a walk

  1. 86 St Q
    0.3 miles
    Q
  2. 77 St 6
    0.4 miles
    6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Happy City” (2004) by Peter Sis at the 86 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Madison Av/E 83 St, 520 feet away, for the M1, M2, M3 and M4.

  • 21 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Madison Av/E 83 St M1, M2, M3, M4
    520 feet
    M1 M2 M3 M4

Next buses at this stop

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

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 50 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 84 St & Park Ave 45 docks in all
    410 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
    1.2 miles
  2. 113 East 84th Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1,130 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 seven 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 foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2015

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 1,497 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 552nd most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 523 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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
91 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,700 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 maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2019 and November 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 83rd Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of East 83rd Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of Park Avenue

  • Ambulettes only 1 sign AMBULETTE ONLY 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Park Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Park Avenue Historic District.

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 58 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1899 and 1923.

  1. Church of St. Ignatius Loyola Designated landmark
    260 feet
  2. South Reformed Church Rectory and Parish Hall Designated landmark
    440 feet
  3. South Reformed Church (Park Avenue Christian Church) Designated landmark
    490 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Loyola School Landmark
    150 feet
  2. St Ignatius Loyola School
    500 feet
  3. Regis High School Landmark
    700 feet
Show all 11
  1. Ramaz Middle School
    720 feet
  2. Emet Classical Academy School
    750 feet
  3. P.S. 006 Lillie D. Blake School
    780 feet
  4. The Lower and Early Childhood Center School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    840 feet
  5. Ramaz Lower School
    970 feet
  6. All My Children Day Care and Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    990 feet
  7. Park Avenue Synagogue Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,240 feet
  8. Marymount School of NY School
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    1,080 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 111 East 85th Street Public space
    940 feet
  2. Public space at Park 900 Public space
    1,080 feet
  3. Public space at Carlton Park Public space
    1,230 feet
Show all 4
  1. Public space at Evans Tower Public space
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. William Schickel House Listed historic place
    400 feet
  2. Church of St. Ignatius Loyola Complex Listed historic place
    500 feet
  3. Lewis G. Morris House Listed historic place
    600 feet
Show all 8
  1. East 80th Street Houses Listed historic place
    1,150 feet
  2. Duke Residence Listed historic place
    1,230 feet
  3. House at 49 East 80th Street Listed historic place
    1,240 feet
  4. 133 East 80th Street Listed historic place
    1,260 feet
  5. Houses at 1026-1028 Fifth Avenue Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Congregation or Zarua House of worship
    450 feet
  2. Park Ave Methodist Church House of worship
    760 feet
  3. Advent Hope Church House of worship
    1,200 feet
Show all 4
  1. Park Ave Synagogue House of worship
    1,240 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,000 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    1,210 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. D'Agostino Supermarket
    630 feet
  2. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    730 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 51 places to eat and eight food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 83rd Street or Park Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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.