1st Avenue & East 18th Street

The four-way crossing of 1st Avenue and East 18th Street is in Gramercy, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Holy Trinity Slovak Lutheran Church is 670 feet away. The nearest subway, 1 Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 47 places to eat. A bus lane runs along 1st Avenue, all day.

Safety record
18 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
1 Av
970 feet · 4 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
280 feet
1 Av/E 17 St · M15
Within a walk
26 places
7 religious buildings, 6 schools and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
1st Avenue & East 18th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 1 Av, 970 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. 1 Av L
    970 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, 280 feet away, for the M15.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M15 …

Live arrivals

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

Cycling

  • 54 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 4 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 1 Ave & E 18 St 54 docks in all
    30 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at Avenue C, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1.8 miles
  2. 350 East 30th Street Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.6 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

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.

  • 18 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 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, October 2018
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, December 2023

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
14 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 67 signs on these blocks
  • 17 different rules
  • 9 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2015 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 18th Street (both sides).

East side of 1st Avenue

  • Metered parking 7 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Taxi stand 3 signs TAXI STAND
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of 1st Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 10 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 102355, 104752, 106937 and 107249.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Four buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Italianate, and built between 1853 and 1907.

  1. (former) Stuyvesant High School Designated landmark
    660 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
    620 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 college
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Philip Xavier Center Trade or language school
    390 feet
  2. M.S. 255 Salk School of Science School
    860 feet
  3. P.S. 040 Augustus Saint-Gaudens School
    860 feet
Show all 10
  1. High School for Health Professions and Human Services School
    890 feet
  2. Institute for Collaborative Education School
    890 feet
  3. P.S. M226 School
    890 feet
  4. J.H.S. 104 Simon Baruch School
    960 feet
  5. Vivvi 16 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,160 feet
  6. The Eductional Alliance Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,210 feet
  7. Beth Israel Medical Center College
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Stuyvesant Square Park
    810 feet
  2. Augustus St. Gaudens Playground
    860 feet
  3. Peter's Field
    1,050 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Gilman Hall Public space
    310 feet

Health care

  1. NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital
    790 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Houses at 326, 328 and 330 East 18th Street Listed historic place
    450 feet
  2. Society for the Lying-In Hospital Listed historic place
    940 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Chabad of Gramercy Park House of worship
    550 feet
  2. Holy Trinity Slovak Lutheran Church House of worship
    670 feet
  3. East End Temple House of worship
    1,010 feet
Show all 6
  1. Immaculate Conception Church House of worship
    1,140 feet
  2. Town & Village Synagogue House of worship
    1,240 feet
  3. Manhattan Korean Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,260 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Peter Stuyvesant Post Office
    1,020 feet
  2. 14 Street Y Recreation center
    1,170 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    350 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    710 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    850 feet

Supermarkets

  1. D'Agostino Supermarket
    690 feet
  2. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    200 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    880 feet
  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 47 places to eat and nine 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 18th 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.