Park Avenue & East 89th Street

Park Avenue and East 89th 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, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. St Thomas More Church is 340 feet away, and Central Park is 1,070 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 40 public places, nine of them listed historic places, and 46 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
1,250 feet · 5 min on foot · 4, 5, 6
Nearest bus stop
520 feet
Madison Av/E 89 St · M1, M2, M3, M4
Within a walk
40 places
9 listed historic places, 8 religious buildings and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Park Avenue & East 89th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 86 St, 1,250 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
    1,250 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. 96 St 6
    0.4 miles
    6
  2. 86 St Q
    0.5 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 Madison Av/E 89 St, 520 feet away, for the M1, M2, M3 and M4.

  • 22 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Madison Av/E 89 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

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 88 St & Park Ave 12 docks in all
    330 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
    0.9 miles
  2. 118 East 86th Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1,190 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 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 5,600 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 1924 and 1962.

Trees

NYC Parks records 96 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

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 November 2019 and April 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 89th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of East 89th Street

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

East side of Park Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Park Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Park Avenue Historic District.

Within 820 feet are six Individual Landmarks, and 142 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1885 and 1924.

  1. Hotel Graham Designated landmark
    640 feet
  2. Brick Presbyterian Church School and Parish House Designated landmark
    750 feet
  3. The Church of the Heavenly Rest Parish Hall Designated landmark
    760 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 40 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. St. Thomas Moore Play Group Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    310 feet
  2. Dalton School
    360 feet
  3. Horace Mann School Nursery-Kinderga School · landmark
    650 feet
Show all 9
  1. P.S. M169 - Robert F. Kennedy School
    660 feet
  2. St Davids School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    700 feet
  3. Park Avenue Synagogue Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    750 feet
  4. The Brick Presbyterian Church in the City of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,100 feet
  5. Spence School
    1,130 feet
  6. The Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Park Listed historic place
    1,070 feet
  2. Fred Lebow Statue in Central Park Park feature
    1,240 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Park Regis Public space
    390 feet
  2. Public space at 45 East 89th Street Public space
    510 feet
  3. Public space at Carlton Park Public space
    560 feet
Show all 7
  1. Public space at Carnegie Towers Public space
    660 feet
  2. Public space at Monarch Public space
    1,150 feet
  3. Public space at 111 East 85th Street Public space
    1,190 feet
  4. Public space at 200 East 90th Street Public space
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Park Avenue Historic District Listed historic place
    290 feet
  2. Houses at 146-156 East 89th Street Listed historic place
    700 feet
  3. Apartment at 1261 Madison Avenue Listed historic place
    780 feet
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  1. Houses at 120 and 122 East 92nd Street Listed historic place
    1,000 feet
  2. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Listed historic place
    1,040 feet
  3. Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum
    1,200 feet
  4. Lewis G. Morris House Listed historic place
    1,200 feet
  5. George F. Baker Jr. and Sr. Residences Listed historic place
    1,220 feet
  6. Andrew Carnegie Mansion Listed historic place
    1,250 feet
  7. Mrs. Graham Fair Vanderbilt House Listed historic place
    1,260 feet
  8. 86th Street Subway Station (Dual System IRT) Listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Kaufman Concert Hall Theater or concert hall
    1,150 feet
  2. 92 St YM-YWHA Arts or cultural center
    1,170 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Thomas More Church House of worship
    340 feet
  2. Advent Hope Church House of worship
    530 feet
  3. Immanuel Lutheran Church House of worship
    540 feet
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  1. Brick Presbyterian Church Landmark
    610 feet
  2. Park Ave Synagogue House of worship
    750 feet
  3. Beloved Disciple Chapel Listed historic place
    860 feet
  4. Park Ave Methodist Church House of worship
    920 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    1,060 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    600 feet
  2. Morton Williams Supermarket
    990 feet
  3. Westside Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,030 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 46 places to eat and 11 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 89th 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.