Park Avenue & East 96th Street

Park Avenue and East 96th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 33 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. It is 300 feet to the 96th Street Library, and Margaret L. Kempner Playground is 1,220 feet away. The nearest subway, 96 St, is about two minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 35 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 30 places to eat.

Safety record
12 hurt
33 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
96 St
450 feet · 2 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
410 feet
E 96 St/Madison Av · M96
Within a walk
35 places
10 religious buildings, 9 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Park Avenue & East 96th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 96 St, 450 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 96 St 6
    450 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

The Bronx
1 line
  1. 6 …
Downtown
1 line
  1. 6 …

Also within a walk

  1. 96 St Q
    0.3 miles
    Q
  2. 103 St 6
    0.4 miles
    6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “City Suite” (1994) by Laura Bradley at the 96 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 96 St/Madison Av, 410 feet away, for the M96.

  • 19 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 96 St/Madison Av M96
    410 feet
    M96

Next buses at this stop

  1. M96 …

Live arrivals

East 96th Street carries a bus lane, all day, every day.

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 98 St & Park Ave 25 docks in all
    730 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive northbound at East 96th Street, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1599 Lexington Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 215 East 96th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1,280 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 33 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 12 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 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
5 and 8 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
19 and 23 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill
Elevation
87 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

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 92 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 15 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2019 and March 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 96th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 96th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Park Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 1PM-7PM SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Park Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 3PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 110497, 114057 and 114132.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two 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 1887 and 1906.

  1. Squadron "A" Armory Designated landmark
    630 feet
  2. Garage Wing Designated landmark
    740 feet
  3. Saint Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral Rectory Designated landmark
    790 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 35 public places.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 9 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 listed historic places
  • 3 public spaces
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    540 feet
  2. Hunter College Campus Schools School
    600 feet
  3. Playgarden Madison Prep Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    660 feet
Show all 13
  1. Cathedral High School
    710 feet
  2. Lexington Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    720 feet
  3. Vivvi 12 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    750 feet
  4. La Scuola D'Italia-G Marconi School
    830 feet
  5. Manhattan Country School
    900 feet
  6. Sephardic Academy-Manhattan School
    900 feet
  7. P.S. 198 Isidor E. Ida Straus School
    1,030 feet
  8. P.S. 77 Lower Lab School
    1,030 feet
  9. Spence School at 93rd School
    1,240 feet
  10. St Bernard's School
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Samuel Seabury Playground
    570 feet
  2. Serenity Garden - Lexington Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    620 feet
  3. Central Park Listed historic place
    1,080 feet
Show all 4
  1. Margaret L. Kempner Playground
    1,220 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Monterey Public space
    1,030 feet
  2. Public space at Carnegie Hill Tower Public space
    1,050 feet
  3. Public space at Normandie Court Public space
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 96th Street Library
    300 feet
  2. Lucy Drexel Dahlgren Residence Listed historic place
    790 feet
  3. George F. Baker Jr. and Sr. Residences Listed historic place
    870 feet
Show all 5
  1. Mrs. Graham Fair Vanderbilt House Listed historic place
    1,170 feet
  2. William Goadby Loew House Listed historic place
    1,240 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Francis de Sales RC Church House of worship
    360 feet
  2. Orach Chaim Congregation House of worship
    840 feet
  3. St Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church Landmark
    890 feet
Show all 5
  1. Ramakrishna Vivekananda Center House of worship
    1,030 feet
  2. Brick Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,290 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,120 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    520 feet
  2. Westside Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    790 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 places to eat and nine food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 96th Street or Park Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.