1st Avenue & East 16th Street

The four-way crossing of 1st Avenue and East 16th Street is in Gramercy, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. (former) Stuyvesant High School, one of seven Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 300 feet away, and Institute for Collaborative Education is 400 feet away. The nearest subway, 1 Av, is about two minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 67 places to eat. A bus lane runs along 1st Avenue, all day.

Safety record
4 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
1 Av
490 feet · 2 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
220 feet
1 Av/E 17 St · M15
Within a walk
27 places
8 religious buildings, 5 schools and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
1st Avenue & East 16th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 1 Av, 490 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. 1 Av L
    490 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

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 17 St, 220 feet away, for the M15.

  • 27 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 1 Av/E 17 St M15 · Shelter
    220 feet
    M15
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M15 …

Live arrivals

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

Cycling

  • 53 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 1 Ave & E 16 St 54 docks in all
    180 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
    1.5 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
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2015
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, February 2018

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10003
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 6
City Council district
2 and 4 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
13
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gramercy
Elevation
19 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Three of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 23 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 29 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the London planetree and the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 63 signs on these blocks
  • 18 different rules
  • 8 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2014 and August 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on East 16th Street (south side).

East side of 1st Avenue

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 10 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Taxi stand 2 signs TAXI STAND
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of 1st Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7PM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 104121, 104122 and 107249.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are seven Individual Landmarks, and 11 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1853 and 1896.

  1. (former) Stuyvesant High School Designated landmark
    300 feet
  2. Grace Chapel Clergy Houses Designated landmark
    650 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Stuyvesant Square.

  1. Antonin Dvorak Statue by Ivan Mestrovic, 1997
    580 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. High School for Health Professions and Human Services School
    400 feet
  2. Institute for Collaborative Education School
    400 feet
  3. The Eductional Alliance Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    730 feet
Show all 8
  1. P.S. M226 School
    400 feet
  2. Beth Israel Medical Center College
    760 feet
  3. Philip Xavier Center Trade or language school
    880 feet
  4. Manhattan Comprehensive Night and Day High School
    1,050 feet
  5. The East Village Community School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Stuyvesant Square Park
    550 feet
  2. Lower East Side Playground
    1,290 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Gilman Hall Public space
    500 feet

Health care

  1. NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital
    1,030 feet
  2. New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai Hospital
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Houses at 326, 328 and 330 East 18th Street Listed historic place
    800 feet
  2. Church of the Immaculate Conception and Clergy Houses Listed historic place
    920 feet
  3. Society for the Lying-In Hospital Listed historic place
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Immaculate Conception Church Landmark
    660 feet
  2. Town & Village Synagogue Landmark
    750 feet
  3. St Marys Byzantine Church House of worship
    1,010 feet
Show all 6
  1. Chabad of Gramercy Park House of worship
    1,030 feet
  2. East End Temple House of worship
    1,050 feet
  3. Holy Trinity Slovak Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,150 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Peter Stuyvesant Post Office
    530 feet
  2. 14 Street Y Recreation center
    690 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 5 Fire station
    860 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    230 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    360 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    840 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    930 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    1,090 feet
  3. D'Agostino Supermarket
    1,180 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    340 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    400 feet
  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 67 places to eat and 11 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 1st Avenue, 1st Avenue Loop or East 16th 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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.