1st Avenue & East 20th Street

The four-way crossing of 1st Avenue and East 20th Street is in Gramercy, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Chabad of Gramercy Park is 260 feet away. The nearest subway, 1 Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 38 places to eat. A bus lane runs along 1st Avenue, all day, and a bike lane separated from traffic along East 20th Street.

Safety record
9 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
1 Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
1 Av/E 20 St · M15
Within a walk
17 places
4 religious buildings, 4 schools and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
1st Avenue & East 20th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 1 Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. 1 Av L
    0.3 miles
    L

Next trains at this station

West Side
1 line
  1. L …
Brooklyn
1 line
  1. 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 20 St, 60 feet away, for the M15.

  • 26 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 1 Av/E 20 St M15 · Shelter
    60 feet
    M15
    Shelter

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 East 20th Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at Avenue C, 0.5 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
    0.5 miles
  3. West 24th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 1989
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 2018

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10010
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
15 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 4,800 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 1930 and 1947.

Trees

NYC Parks records 65 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2015 and February 2024; 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 20th Street (north side).

East side of 1st Avenue

  • Metered parking 6 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING 7AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Taxi stand 3 signs TAXI STAND

West side of 1st Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 104467, 106849, 107032 and 107732.

Landmarks and historic districts

Three buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Italianate, and built in 1853.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 field
  • 1 hospital
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Philip Xavier Center Trade or language school
    310 feet
  2. J.H.S. 104 Simon Baruch School
    470 feet
  3. M.S. 255 Salk School of Science School
    610 feet
Show all 7
  1. P.S. 040 Augustus Saint-Gaudens School
    610 feet
  2. Vivvi 16 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    900 feet
  3. Learningspring School
    900 feet
  4. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,050 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Peter's Field
    560 feet
  2. Augustus St. Gaudens Playground
    680 feet
  3. Stuyvesant Square Park
    1,300 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Gilman Hall Public space
    800 feet

Health care

  1. NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Houses at 326, 328 and 330 East 18th Street Listed historic place
    940 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Chabad of Gramercy Park House of worship
    260 feet
  2. Holy Trinity Slovak Lutheran Church House of worship
    370 feet
  3. Epiphany Church House of worship
    1,180 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    270 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,080 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. D'Agostino Supermarket
    200 feet
  2. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    690 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    1,060 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 38 places to eat and 12 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 20th 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.