1st Avenue & East 23rd Street

The four-way crossing of 1st Avenue and East 23rd Street is in Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 44 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. In 2025, 698 bus-lane and 42 red-light camera tickets were recorded here. Chabad of Gramercy Park is 930 feet away, and Stuyvesant Cove Park is 1,210 feet away. The nearest subway, 1 Av, is about nine minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, four of them schools, and 41 places to eat.

Safety record
43 hurt
44 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
1 Av
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
E 23 St/1 Av · X37, X38
Within a walk
19 places
4 schools, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
1st Avenue & East 23rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 1 Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 1 Av L
    0.4 miles
    L

Next trains at this station

West Side
1 line
  1. L …
Brooklyn
1 line
  1. L …

Also within a walk

  1. 23 St-Baruch College 6
    0.5 miles
    6

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 E 23 St/1 Av, 40 feet away, for the X37 and X38.

  • 26 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 23 St/1 Av X37, X38
    40 feet
    X37 X38

Next buses at this stop

  1. X37 …
  2. X38 …

Live arrivals

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

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 1st Avenue.

  • 81 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 8 of them on-street corrals
  • 6 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 23 St & 1 Ave 27 docks in all
    190 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at FDR Drive & East 30th Street, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1.9 miles
  2. 350 East 30th Street Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.3 miles
  3. West 24th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 44 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 43 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on foot
  • 6 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, September 2001
  • Turn calming, July 2016
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 2018

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 42 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 187th most of the 200 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 996 more were issued.

In 2025, 698 bus-lane camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 125th most of the 174 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 3, 217 more were issued.

Every corner with red-light camera tickets · Every corner with bus-lane camera tickets

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)
Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village
Elevation
14 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,300 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 1948 and 1975.

Since 2014 at least 56 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

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
  • 79 signs on these blocks
  • 27 different rules
  • 8 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2018 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 8am to 7pm on East 23rd Street (south side).

East side of 1st Avenue

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

West side of 1st Avenue

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

North side of East 23rd Street

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING SATURDAY 8:30AM-7PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 102263, 105988, 107748 and 108278.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 parks
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    260 feet
  2. Icd International Center for the Dis Trade or language school
    550 feet
  3. J.H.S. 104 Simon Baruch School
    920 feet
Show all 9
  1. The Acorn School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,060 feet
  2. Bellevue Day Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,090 feet
  3. Philip Xavier Center Trade or language school
    1,090 feet
  4. 47 the American Sign Language and English Secondary School
    1,190 feet
  5. The 47 American Sign Language & English Lower School
    1,190 feet
  6. Epiphany School (The) School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Asser Levy Playground
    730 feet
  2. Bellevue South Park
    1,180 feet
  3. Stuyvesant Cove Park
    1,210 feet
Show all 4
  1. Peter's Field
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Epiphany Library
    1,150 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Chabad of Gramercy Park House of worship
    930 feet
  2. Holy Trinity Slovak Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,020 feet
  3. Epiphany Church House of worship
    1,160 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Asser Levy Recreation Center
    940 feet
  2. Asser Levy Pool Swimming pool
    950 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    300 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,060 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Morton Williams Supermarket
    610 feet
  2. D'Agostino Supermarket
    730 feet
  3. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    270 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 41 places to eat and ten food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 1st Avenue or East 23rd Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.