1st Avenue & East 12th Street

The four-way crossing of 1st Avenue and East 12th Street is in the East Village, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The East Village Community School is 200 feet away, and East Side Outside Community Garden is 230 feet away. The nearest subway, 1 Av, is about two minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 31 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 197 places to eat.

Safety record
13 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
1 Av
500 feet · 2 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
1 Av/E 11 St · M15
Within a walk
31 places
10 religious buildings, 5 schools and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
1st Avenue & East 12th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 1 Av, 500 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 1 Av L
    500 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
    0.5 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, 160 feet away, for the M15.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 1 Av/E 11 St M15
    160 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 and East 12th Street.

  • 122 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 12 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
    340 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at Avenue C, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1.4 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
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 13 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 May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2015
  • Turn calming, December 2017
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, July 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
22 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 5,100 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 63 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 110 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 46 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2018 and July 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 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of East 12th Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 14 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of East 12th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Loading only 3 signs LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 103714, 105958 and 106081.

Landmarks and historic districts

Four buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as French Gothic, and built between 1866 and 1896.

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 public places.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 4 gardens
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The East Village Community School
    200 feet
  2. East Side Community School
    540 feet
  3. The Eductional Alliance Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    730 feet
Show all 7
  1. Little Missionary's Day Nursery Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,150 feet
  2. High School for Health Professions and Human Services School
    1,260 feet
  3. Institute for Collaborative Education School
    1,260 feet
  4. P.S. M226 School
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lower East Side Playground
    170 feet
  2. East Side Outside Community Garden
    230 feet
  3. 11th Street Community Garden
    660 feet
Show all 7
  1. Dias Y Flores Garden
    1,190 feet
  2. Abe Lebewohl Park
    1,200 feet
  3. Tompkins Square Park
    1,260 feet
  4. El Sol Brillante Jr. Garden
    1,260 feet

Health care

  1. New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai Hospital
    1,040 feet

Libraries, museums and history

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

Houses of worship

  1. Immaculate Conception Church Landmark
    500 feet
  2. Town & Village Synagogue Landmark
    640 feet
  3. St Nicholas of Myra Orthodox Church House of worship
    1,150 feet
Show all 6
  1. St Marks Church in the Bowery Listed historic place
    1,180 feet
  2. St Cyril Methodius Church House of worship
    1,210 feet
  3. St Stanislaus Bishop & Martyr RC Church House of worship
    1,280 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 331 East 12th Street Older adult center
    370 feet
  2. 14 Street Y Recreation center
    500 feet
  3. Peter Stuyvesant Post Office
    700 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 5 Fire station
    860 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    900 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    940 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    940 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    1,090 feet
  3. Westside Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    780 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  3. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    1,250 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 197 places to eat and 21 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 12th 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.