Park Avenue South & East 24th Street

Park Avenue South and East 24th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Manhattan corner. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower, one of six Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 440 feet away, and Gustauus Adolphus Lutheran Church is 1,190 feet away. The nearest subway, 23 St-Baruch College, is about a minute on foot, and ten subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 28 public places, seven of them listed historic places, and 115 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
23 St-Baruch College
270 feet · 1 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
140 feet
Park Av South/E 23 St · M1, M2, M3
Within a walk
28 places
7 listed historic places, 6 public spaces and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Park Avenue South & East 24th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 23 St-Baruch College, 270 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 10 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 23 St-Baruch College 6
    270 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. 6 …
Downtown
1 line
  1. 6 …

Also within a walk

  1. 28 St 6
    680 feet
    6
  2. 23 St R, W
    1,120 feet
    R W

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Long Division” (1988) by Valerie Jaudon at the 23 St-Baruch College station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Park Av South/E 23 St, 140 feet away, for the M1, M2 and M3.

  • 46 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Park Av South/E 23 St M1, M2, M3
    140 feet
    M1 M2 M3

Next buses at this stop

  1. M1 …
  2. M2 …
  3. M3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 127 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 24 St & Park Ave S 79 docks in all
    60 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at FDR Drive & East 30th Street, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1.6 miles
  2. 200 East 24th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1,180 feet
  3. West 24th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10010
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 5
City Council district
2
Police precinct
13
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square
Elevation
32 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 30 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the European hornbeam.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 45 signs on these blocks
  • 23 different rules
  • 8 active meters
  • 5 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2020 and September 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 3 hour commercial vehicles Monday to Friday 7am to 7pm on Park Avenue South (both sides).

North side of East 24th Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING SATURDAY 7:30AM-7PM
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 3 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7:30AM-7PM
  • For-hire vehicles only 1 sign FOR-HIRE VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-MIDNIGHT
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE

South side of East 24th Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • Metered parking 1 sign 5 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7PM-MIDNIGHT SATURDAY 8AM-MIDNIGHT
  • Metered parking 1 sign 5 HOUR METERED PARKING SATURDAY 8AM-MIDNIGHT
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 102228, 102229, 102590, 103292 and 103293.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are six Individual Landmarks, and 11 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Beaux-Arts. They were built between 1846 and 1931.

  1. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower Designated landmark
    440 feet
  2. Sixty-Ninth Regiment Armory Designated landmark
    510 feet
  3. Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York Designated landmark
    530 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists three works near this corner, the nearest at Appellate Division Courthouse.

  1. Memorial to the Victims of the Injustice of the Holocaust Sculpture by Harriet Feigenbaum, 1990
    600 feet
  2. Roscoe Conkling Statue by John Quincy Adams Ward, 1893
    660 feet
  3. Chester Alan Arthur Statue by George Edwin Bissell, 1899
    770 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Baruch College Campus High School
    440 feet
  2. New York Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    660 feet
  3. Ecole Internationale de New York School
    810 feet
Show all 7
  1. Nord Anglia International School, New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    820 feet
  2. CUNY Bernard M. Baruch College
    940 feet
  3. School of the Future High School
    1,060 feet
  4. Rebecca School
    1,110 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Madison Square Park
    550 feet
  2. Police Officer Moira Ann Smith Playground
    870 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 50 Lexington Avenue Public space
    560 feet
  2. Public space at Stanford Public space
    600 feet
  3. 25th Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,020 feet
Show all 7
  1. Public space at New York Merchandise Mart Public space
    790 feet
  2. Public space at Madison Green Public space
    1,060 feet
  3. Public space at Ascot Public space
    1,150 feet
  4. Public space at Crystal House Public space
    1,160 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Complex Listed historic place
    270 feet
  2. Building at 304 Park Avenue South Listed historic place
    450 feet
  3. United Charities Building Complex Listed historic place
    620 feet
Show all 8
  1. George Washington Hotel Listed historic place
    650 feet
  2. Church Missions House Listed historic place
    670 feet
  3. New York Life Building Listed historic place
    910 feet
  4. 28th Street Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    960 feet
  5. National Museum of Mathematics Museum
    1,200 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Gramercy Arts Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Calvary St George Episcopal Church House of worship
    750 feet
  2. Gustauus Adolphus Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,190 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Madison Square Post Office Listed historic place
    830 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    780 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    850 feet
  3. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    610 feet
  2. D'Agostino Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    340 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    500 feet
  3. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,020 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 115 places to eat and 11 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 24th Street or Park Avenue South.

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