Park Avenue & East 87th Street

Park Avenue and East 87th 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, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Advent Hope Church is 190 feet away. The nearest subway, 86 St, is about three minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 34 public places, nine of them schools, and 38 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
730 feet · 3 min on foot · 4, 5, 6
Nearest bus stop
520 feet
E 86 St/Lexington Av · M86 SBS
Within a walk
34 places
9 schools, 7 public spaces and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Park Avenue & East 87th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 86 St, 730 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 86 St 4, 5, 6
    730 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
    0.4 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, 520 feet away, for the M86 SBS.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M86 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 88 St & Park Ave 12 docks in all
    340 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at York Avenue & East 92nd Street, 1 mile 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
    670 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 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

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10128
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 8
City Council district
4
Police precinct
19
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill
Elevation
95 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 6,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 96 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Callery pear and the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

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

North side of East 87th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

South side of East 87th Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Park Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Park Avenue

  • 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 are four Individual Landmarks, and 51 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were built between 1885 and 2015.

  1. South Reformed Church (Park Avenue Christian Church) Designated landmark
    630 feet
  2. South Reformed Church Rectory and Parish Hall Designated landmark
    700 feet
  3. Hotel Graham Designated landmark
    770 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 34 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Park Avenue Synagogue Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    360 feet
  2. P.S. M169 - Robert F. Kennedy School
    420 feet
  3. Dalton School
    720 feet
Show all 12
  1. St. Thomas Moore Play Group Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    840 feet
  2. The Lower and Early Childhood Center School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    880 feet
  3. Ramaz Middle School
    910 feet
  4. Regis High School Landmark
    970 feet
  5. Ramaz Lower School
    1,010 feet
  6. Loyola School
    1,090 feet
  7. St Davids School
    1,130 feet
  8. Horace Mann School Nursery-Kinderga School
    1,170 feet
  9. St Ignatius Loyola School
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    1,080 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Carlton Park Public space
    140 feet
  2. Public space at Carnegie Towers Public space
    420 feet
  3. Public space at 111 East 85th Street Public space
    670 feet
Show all 7
  1. Public space at Park Regis Public space
    740 feet
  2. Public space at 45 East 89th Street Public space
    1,030 feet
  3. Public space at Claridge House Public space
    1,250 feet
  4. Public space at Park Lane Towers Public space
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Park Avenue Historic District Listed historic place
    250 feet
  2. Lewis G. Morris House Listed historic place
    680 feet
  3. 86th Street Subway Station (Dual System IRT) Listed historic place
    780 feet
Show all 7
  1. Church of St. Ignatius Loyola Complex Listed historic place
    1,070 feet
  2. Houses at 146-156 East 89th Street Listed historic place
    1,130 feet
  3. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Listed historic place
    1,300 feet
  4. Apartment at 1261 Madison Avenue Listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Advent Hope Church House of worship
    190 feet
  2. Park Ave Synagogue House of worship
    360 feet
  3. Park Ave Methodist Church House of worship
    390 feet
Show all 6
  1. Immanuel Lutheran Church House of worship
    490 feet
  2. St Thomas More Church House of worship
    860 feet
  3. Brick Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,130 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    680 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    790 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    940 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    520 feet
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    1,120 feet
  3. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    1,200 feet

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    1,030 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 38 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 87th 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.