Park Avenue & East 86th Street

Park Avenue and East 86th 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, 21 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection. Park Ave Methodist Church is 180 feet away. The nearest subway, 86 St, is about two minutes on foot, for the 4, 5 and 6. Within a five-minute walk are 31 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 45 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
21 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
470 feet · 2 min on foot · 4, 5, 6
Nearest bus stop
230 feet
E 86 St/Lexington Av · M86 SBS
Within a walk
31 places
8 religious buildings, 7 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Park Avenue & East 86th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 86 St, 470 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 86 St 4, 5, 6
    470 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

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 86 St/Lexington Av, 230 feet away, for the M86 SBS.

  • 22 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 86 St/Lexington Av M86 SBS
    230 feet
    M86 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. M86 SBS …

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 88 St & Park Ave 12 docks in all
    630 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at York Avenue & East 92nd Street, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1855 1st Avenue Gas station
    1 mile
  2. 118 East 86th Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    320 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 21 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection, a designation it applies to corners selected for attention on their injury record. It is not a record of work done.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2017

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
96 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 5,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 97 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2020 and September 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 86th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of East 86th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • Taxi stand 1 sign TAXI STAND

East side of Park Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Park Avenue

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 109618, 110041, 113877 and 114004.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Park Avenue Historic District.

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 42 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1909 and 1927.

  1. South Reformed Church (Park Avenue Christian Church) Designated landmark
    360 feet
  2. South Reformed Church Rectory and Parish Hall Designated landmark
    430 feet
  3. Church of St. Ignatius Loyola Designated landmark
    650 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

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

Schools and child care

  1. Park Avenue Synagogue Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    430 feet
  2. The Lower and Early Childhood Center School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    590 feet
  3. Ramaz Middle School
    630 feet
Show all 11
  1. Regis High School Landmark
    690 feet
  2. P.S. M169 - Robert F. Kennedy School
    700 feet
  3. Ramaz Lower School
    730 feet
  4. Loyola School Landmark
    810 feet
  5. St Ignatius Loyola School
    940 feet
  6. Dalton School
    1,000 feet
  7. St. Thomas Moore Play Group Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,120 feet
  8. All My Children Day Care and Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,270 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
    390 feet
  2. Public space at Carlton Park Public space
    420 feet
  3. Public space at Carnegie Towers Public space
    700 feet
Show all 5
  1. Public space at Park Lane Towers Public space
    1,010 feet
  2. Public space at Park Regis Public space
    1,020 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Lewis G. Morris House Listed historic place
    400 feet
  2. 86th Street Subway Station (Dual System IRT) Listed historic place
    520 feet
  3. Park Avenue Historic District Listed historic place
    530 feet
Show all 5
  1. Church of St. Ignatius Loyola Complex Listed historic place
    780 feet
  2. William Schickel House Listed historic place
    1,220 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Park Ave Methodist Church House of worship
    180 feet
  2. Advent Hope Church House of worship
    380 feet
  3. Park Ave Synagogue House of worship
    430 feet
Show all 6
  1. Immanuel Lutheran Church House of worship
    770 feet
  2. St Thomas More Church House of worship
    1,150 feet
  3. Congregation or Zarua House of worship
    1,260 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 10/Engine 22/Ladder 13 Fire station
    1,100 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    390 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    590 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    660 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    800 feet
  2. D'Agostino Supermarket
    1,210 feet
  3. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    790 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,140 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    750 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 45 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 86th 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.