1st Avenue & East 11th Street

The four-way crossing of 1st Avenue and East 11th Street is in the East Village, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Lower East Side Playground is 160 feet away, and Grace Chapel Clergy Houses stands 780 feet away. The nearest subway, 1 Av, is about three minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 34 public places, 12 of them religious buildings, and 234 places to eat.

Safety record
14 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
1 Av
760 feet · 3 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
1 Av/E 11 St · M15
Within a walk
34 places
12 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
1st Avenue & East 11th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 1 Av, 760 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 1 Av L
    760 feet
    L

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

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

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 1 Av/E 11 St, 120 feet away, for the M15.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 1 Av/E 11 St M15
    120 feet
    M15

Next buses at this stop

  1. M15 …

Live arrivals

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

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 1st Avenue.

  • 124 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 14 of them on-street corrals
  • 8 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 11 St & 1 Ave 61 docks in all
    100 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. 100 East 15th Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 14 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 5 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2015

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10009
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 3
City Council district
2
Police precinct
9
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Village
Elevation
23 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 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 1900 and 1920.

Since 2014 at least 30 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 114 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 June 2019 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 1st Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of 1st Avenue

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

North side of East 11th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 11th Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 4 signs 1 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 9AM-1PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 1PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 101315, 103126, 103127 and 106627.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are five Individual Landmarks, and nine buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Queen Anne. They were mostly built between 1846 and 1892.

  1. Children's Aid Society, Elizabeth Home for Girls Designated landmark
    670 feet
  2. Grace Chapel Clergy Houses Designated landmark
    780 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 34 public places.

  • 12 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 parks
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 3 schools
  • 10 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The East Village Community School
    290 feet
  2. East Side Community School
    540 feet
  3. Little Missionary's Day Nursery Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    880 feet
Show all 6
  1. The Eductional Alliance Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    990 feet
  2. Society of Third Street Music School Settlement Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,070 feet
  3. George Jackson Academy School
    1,080 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lower East Side Playground
    160 feet
  2. East Side Outside Community Garden
    250 feet
  3. 11th Street Community Garden
    400 feet
Show all 8
  1. Abe Lebewohl Park
    940 feet
  2. Tompkins Square Park
    990 feet
  3. Tompkins Square Park Playground
    1,280 feet
  4. Abe Lebewohl Triangle
    1,280 feet
  5. Joseph C. Sauer Park Playground
    1,290 feet

Health care

  1. New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai Hospital
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Church of the Immaculate Conception and Clergy Houses Listed historic place
    890 feet
  2. Yiddish Art Theatre Listed historic place
    1,050 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Immaculate Conception Church Landmark
    760 feet
  2. St Nicholas of Myra Orthodox Church Landmark
    880 feet
  3. Town & Village Synagogue Landmark
    900 feet
Show all 7
  1. St Marks Church in the Bowery Listed historic place
    930 feet
  2. St Cyril Methodius Church House of worship
    950 feet
  3. St Stanislaus Bishop & Martyr RC Church House of worship
    1,020 feet
  4. Citylight Church House of worship
    1,160 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 331 East 12th Street Older adult center
    640 feet
  2. 14 Street Y Recreation center
    770 feet
  3. Peter Stuyvesant Post Office
    960 feet
Show all 4
  1. Older adult center at 103 East 7th Street Older adult center
    1,200 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 5 Fire station
    1,130 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,010 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    1,200 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Westside Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,050 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  3. 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 234 places to eat and 19 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 1st Avenue or East 11th 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, 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.