1st Avenue & East 10th Street

The four-way crossing of 1st Avenue and East 10th Street is in the East Village, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. It is 490 feet to the 11th Street Community Garden, and Peter Stuyvesant Post Office is 1,210 feet away. The nearest subway, 1 Av, is about four minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 37 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and 234 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
1 Av
1,010 feet · 4 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
340 feet
E 9 St/1 Av · M8
Within a walk
37 places
13 religious buildings, 4 listed historic places and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
1st Avenue & East 10th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 1 Av, 1,010 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 1 Av L
    1,010 feet
    L

Next trains at this station

West Side
1 line
  1. L …
Brooklyn
1 line
  1. L …

Also within a walk

  1. Astor Pl 6
    0.4 miles
    6
  2. 3 Av L
    0.4 miles
    L

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Queens of the Night; Superhero Responds” (2021) by Katherine Bradford at the 1 Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 9 St/1 Av, 340 feet away, for the M8.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 9 St/1 Av M8
    340 feet
    M8

Next buses at this stop

  1. M8 …

Live arrivals

A bus lane runs along 1st Avenue, all day, every day.

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 1st Avenue and East 10th Street.

  • 124 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 16 of them on-street corrals
  • 6 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 11 St & 1 Ave 61 docks in all
    350 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at Avenue C, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1.5 miles
  2. 169 Ludlow Street Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 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, August 2015
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10003
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 3
City Council district
2
Police precinct
9
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Village
Elevation
24 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Posted limits from 20 to 25 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 6,000 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 1900 and 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 42 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 6 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2020 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 1st Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of 1st Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of East 10th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 10th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 3 signs AVO DEPT OF SANITATION
  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 101315, 102231, 102232 and 106473.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 36 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate, Queen Anne and Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1846 and 1896.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 37 public places.

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 4 listed historic places
  • 3 parks
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 12 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The East Village Community School
    540 feet
  2. Little Missionary's Day Nursery Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    630 feet
  3. East Side Community School
    790 feet
Show all 5
  1. George Jackson Academy School
    830 feet
  2. The Eductional Alliance Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lower East Side Playground
    410 feet
  2. 11th Street Community Garden
    490 feet
  3. East Side Outside Community Garden
    500 feet
Show all 7
  1. Tompkins Square Park
    740 feet
  2. Abe Lebewohl Park
    810 feet
  3. Tompkins Square Park Playground
    1,020 feet
  4. Abe Lebewohl Triangle
    1,030 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. St. Mark's Historic District Listed historic place
    1,070 feet
  2. Church of the Immaculate Conception and Clergy Houses Listed historic place
    1,140 feet
  3. Ottendorfer Public Library and Stuyvesant Polyclinic Hospital Listed historic place
    1,160 feet
Show all 6
  1. Ottendorfer Library
    1,240 feet
  2. Yiddish Art Theatre Listed historic place
    1,300 feet
  3. Tompkins Square Library
    1,310 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Orpheum Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,240 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Nicholas of Myra Orthodox Church Landmark
    630 feet
  2. St Cyril Methodius Church House of worship
    700 feet
  3. St Stanislaus Bishop & Martyr RC Church Landmark
    770 feet
Show all 8
  1. Citylight Church Landmark
    920 feet
  2. St Marks Church in the Bowery Listed historic place
    960 feet
  3. Immaculate Conception Church House of worship
    1,010 feet
  4. Town & Village Synagogue House of worship
    1,150 feet
  5. Sixth Street Community Synagogue Listed historic place
    1,170 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 331 East 12th Street Older adult center
    890 feet
  2. Older adult center at 103 East 7th Street Older adult center
    940 feet
  3. 14 Street Y Recreation center
    1,020 feet
Show all 5
  1. Tompkins Square Park Mini Pool Swimming pool
    1,190 feet
  2. Peter Stuyvesant Post Office
    1,210 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    760 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,060 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. H Mart Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,300 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles
  3. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 234 places to eat and 20 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 1st Avenue or East 10th Street.

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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.