1st Avenue & East 1st Street

The four-way crossing of 1st Avenue and East 1st Street is in the East Village, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Peretz Square is 50 feet away. The nearest subway, 2 Av, is about a minute on foot, and seven subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 28 public places, eight of them schools, and 165 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
2 Av
170 feet · 1 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
1 Av/E 1 St · M15 SBS
Within a walk
28 places
8 schools, 5 religious buildings and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 2 Av, 170 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 7 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 2 Av F
    170 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. F …
Downtown
1 line
  1. F …

Also within a walk

  1. Broadway-Lafayette St/Bleecker St 6, B, D, F, M
    0.4 miles
    6 B D F M
  2. Delancey St-Essex St F, J, M, Z
    0.4 miles
    F J M Z

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 1 Av/E 1 St, 160 feet away, for the M15 SBS.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 1 Av/E 1 St M15 SBS · Shelter
    160 feet
    M15 SBS
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M15 SBS …

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 1st Street.

  • 70 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 7 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 1 St & 1 Ave 75 docks in all
    70 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive northbound at FDR Drive & East Houston Street at E Houston Street Pedestrian Overpass, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1.7 miles
  2. 284 Mott Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

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
34 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 4,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 82 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 38 signs on these blocks
  • 18 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and September 2025; 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 Friday 10am to 3pm, 2 hour passenger vehicles Saturday 9am to 7pm on East 1st Street (south side).

East side of 1st Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of 1st Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of East 1st Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 11PM-9AM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 101760, 101763, 106668 and 106725.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 34 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Art Deco. They were mostly built between 1838 and 1936.

  1. First Houses Designated landmark
    540 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. Large Coqui Sculpture by Tom Otterness, 2007
    770 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 public places.

  • 8 schools
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 playgrounds
  • 3 parks
  • 2 gardens
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Nord Anglia International School
    900 feet
  2. Neighborhood School
    990 feet
  3. The Star Academy - P.S.63 School
    990 feet
Show all 8
  1. Cascades High School
    1,070 feet
  2. Forsyth Satellite Academy School
    1,070 feet
  3. Pathways Children's Services School
    1,110 feet
  4. Manhattan School for Career Development School
    1,110 feet
  5. P.S. 020 Anna Silver School
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Peretz Square
    50 feet
  2. First Park
    60 feet
  3. First Park Playground
    130 feet
Show all 9
  1. First Street Garden
    450 feet
  2. Sara D. Roosevelt Park
    690 feet
  3. ABC Playground
    840 feet
  4. Liz Christy Garden
    930 feet
  5. McKinley Playground
    960 feet
  6. Houston St Playground
    1,080 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. New York City Marble Cemetery Listed historic place
    680 feet
  2. Substation #409 (IND) Listed historic place
    1,010 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Anthology Film Archives Arts or cultural center · landmark
    770 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Orthodox Cathedral Holy Virgin Protection Church Landmark
    620 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at Meltzer Towers Older adult center
    460 feet
  2. Older adult center at 189 Allen Street Older adult center
    610 feet
  3. YMCA Chinatown Houston Street Center Recreation center
    1,140 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    850 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    1,270 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    440 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 165 places to eat and 20 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 1st Avenue or East 1st Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.