1st Avenue & East 13th Street

The four-way crossing of 1st Avenue and East 13th Street is in the East Village, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. It is 270 feet to 14 Street Y, and Town & Village Synagogue is 370 feet away. The nearest subway, 1 Av, is about a minute on foot, and eight subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 148 places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
1 Av
230 feet · 1 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
430 feet
1 Av/E 11 St · M15
Within a walk
25 places
6 religious buildings, 5 schools and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
1st Avenue & East 13th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 1 Av, 230 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 8 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 1 Av L
    230 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
    0.3 miles
    L
  2. 14 St-Union Sq 4, 5, 6, L, N, Q, R, W
    0.5 miles
    4 5 6 L N Q R W

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, 430 feet away, for the M15.

  • 19 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 1 Av/E 11 St M15
    430 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 13th Street.

  • 104 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 10 of them on-street corrals
  • 6 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 14 St & 1 Ave 34 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
    0.5 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2015
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, June 2021

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
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 4,000 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.

Since 2014 at least 113 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 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
  • 15 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 5 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2018 and November 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 1st Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7PM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 1st Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7PM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of East 13th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Doctor plates only 3 signs DOCTOR LICENSE PLATES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 103395, 104236, 105958, 106081 and 106785.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are five Individual Landmarks, and eight buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1854 and 1896.

  1. Grace Chapel Clergy Houses Designated landmark
    310 feet
  2. Children's Aid Society, Elizabeth Home for Girls Designated landmark
    590 feet
  3. (former) Stuyvesant High School Designated landmark
    760 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 3 gardens
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 college
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Eductional Alliance Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    460 feet
  2. The East Village Community School
    470 feet
  3. East Side Community School
    810 feet
Show all 7
  1. High School for Health Professions and Human Services School
    990 feet
  2. Institute for Collaborative Education School
    990 feet
  3. P.S. M226 School
    990 feet
  4. Beth Israel Medical Center College
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lower East Side Playground
    440 feet
  2. East Side Outside Community Garden
    500 feet
  3. 11th Street Community Garden
    930 feet
Show all 5
  1. Dias Y Flores Garden
    1,010 feet
  2. Stuyvesant Square Park
    1,150 feet

Health care

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Church of the Immaculate Conception and Clergy Houses Listed historic place
    350 feet
  2. Yiddish Art Theatre Listed historic place
    1,150 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Immaculate Conception Church Landmark
    260 feet
  2. Town & Village Synagogue Landmark
    370 feet
  3. St Marys Byzantine Church House of worship
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. 14 Street Y Recreation center
    270 feet
  2. Peter Stuyvesant Post Office
    430 feet
  3. Older adult center at 331 East 12th Street Older adult center
    480 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 5 Fire station
    590 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    630 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    670 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    670 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    820 feet
  3. Westside Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    520 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,190 feet
  3. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    980 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 148 places to eat and 19 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 1st Avenue or East 13th 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.