Park Avenue South & East 31st Street

Park Avenue South and East 31st Street meet at a four-way crossing in Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. A designated landmark, 2 Park Avenue Building, stands 420 feet away, and Kips Bay Library is 970 feet away. The nearest subway, 33 St, is about a minute on foot, and nine subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 42 public places, eight of them schools, and 153 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
33 St
240 feet · 1 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
540 feet
Madison Av/E 31 St · BxM3, BxM4
Within a walk
42 places
8 public spaces, 8 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Park Avenue South & East 31st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 33 St, 240 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 9 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 33 St 6
    240 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
    800 feet
    6
  2. 23 St-Baruch College 6
    0.4 miles
    6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Lariat Seat Loops” (1997) by James Garvey at the 33 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Madison Av/E 31 St, 540 feet away, for the BxM3 and BxM4.

  • 64 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Madison Av/E 31 St BxM3, BxM4
    540 feet
    BxM3 BxM4

Next buses at this stop

  1. BxM3 …
  2. BxM4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 30 St & Park Ave S 65 docks in all
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at FDR Drive & East 30th Street, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 466 10th Avenue Gas station
    1.3 miles
  2. 9 West 31st Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. West 24th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 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
10016
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 5
City Council district
2 and 4 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
14
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square
Elevation
41 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 4,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 18 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the European hornbeam.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 50 signs on these blocks
  • 17 different rules
  • 9 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 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 31st Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 8 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • Metered parking 4 signs 6 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 6PM-MIDNIGHT SATURDAY 8AM-MIDNIGHT
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 5:30AM-6AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 31st Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 4 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • Metered parking 4 signs 6 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 6PM-MIDNIGHT SATURDAY 8AM-MIDNIGHT
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 10A M-11:30AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 10AM-11:30AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 5:30AM-6AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 102584, 104097, 106743 and 107361.

Landmarks and historic districts

Eight buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and built between 1889 and 1928.

  1. St. Louis Hotel (now Hotel Grand Union) Designated landmark
    350 feet
  2. 2 Park Avenue Building Designated landmark
    420 feet
  3. New York School of Applied Design for Women Designated landmark
    480 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 42 public places.

  • 8 public spaces
  • 8 schools
  • 7 listed historic places
  • 7 religious buildings
  • 6 trade or language schools
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Herard Center of Technology Trade or language school
    290 feet
  2. NYU Langone Health Child Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    370 feet
  3. Aaron School (8-12) School
    460 feet
Show all 18
  1. Electrical Training Course Trade or language school
    370 feet
  2. Studio Jewelers Trade or language school
    370 feet
  3. Sage Alliance NY School
    460 feet
  4. Manhattan Academy for Arts & Language School
    750 feet
  5. Murray Hill Academy School
    750 feet
  6. Success Academy Charter High School of Liberal Arts (BX) School
    750 feet
  7. Success Academy Charter High School of the Liberal Arts School
    750 feet
  8. Unity Center for Urban Technologies School
    750 feet
  9. Amer Academy of Dramatic Arts College
    760 feet
  10. Barclay Career Schools Trade or language school
    770 feet
  11. Advanced Career Training Trade or language school
    810 feet
  12. Shefa School
    810 feet
  13. Noble Desktop Trade or language school
    1,300 feet
  14. Devry College of New York College
    1,300 feet
  15. Chelsea Day School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,310 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 475 Park Avenue South Public space
    290 feet
  2. Public space at Three Park Avenue Public space
    750 feet
  3. Public space at Ascot Public space
    770 feet
Show all 8
  1. Public space at Windsor Court Public space
    880 feet
  2. Public space at 172 Madison Avenue Public space
    1,130 feet
  3. Public space at Future Public space
    1,170 feet
  4. Public space at Murray Hill Public space
    1,200 feet
  5. Public space at Biltmore Plaza Public space
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 33rd Street Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    520 feet
  2. Old Grolier Club Listed historic place
    700 feet
  3. Old Colony Club Listed historic place
    760 feet
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  1. 28th Street Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    850 feet
  2. Kips Bay Library
    970 feet
  3. Seville Hotel Listed historic place
    1,180 feet
  4. Church of the Transfiguration and Rectory Listed historic place
    1,210 feet
  5. Chester A. Arthur House Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. First Moravian Church House of worship
    550 feet
  2. Transfiguration Episcopal Church House of worship
    1,000 feet
  3. Congregation Talmud Torah Adereth El House of worship
    1,000 feet
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  1. Armenian Evangelical Church House of worship
    1,310 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Murray Hill Post Office
    1,150 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    80 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    410 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    410 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    1,120 feet
  2. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    1,300 feet
  3. D'Agostino Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    770 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    1,050 feet
  3. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 153 places to eat and nine 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 31st 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.