1st Avenue & East 3rd Street

The four-way crossing of 1st Avenue and East 3rd Street is in the East Village, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Manhattan corner. First Houses stands 240 feet away, and Neighborhood School is 450 feet away. The nearest subway, 2 Av, is about three minutes on foot, and seven subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 28 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 196 places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
2 Av
720 feet · 3 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
1 Av/E 3 St · M15
Within a walk
28 places
9 religious buildings, 4 schools and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
1st Avenue & East 3rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 2 Av, 720 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 7 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 2 Av F
    720 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
    0.5 miles
    F J M Z

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 1 Av/E 3 St, 30 feet away, for the M15.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 1 Av/E 3 St M15
    30 feet
    M15

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 1st Avenue and East 3rd Street.

  • 101 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 6 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 3 St & 1 Ave 59 docks in all
    100 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, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1.6 miles
  2. 169 Ludlow Street Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 7 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2015

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10003
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 3
City Council district
2
Police precinct
9
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Village
Elevation
32 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Posted limits from 20 to 25 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 5,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese zelkova and the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 37 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2019 and May 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 1st Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-9AM

West side of 1st Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-7PM SATURDAY 8:30AM-7PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

North side of East 3rd Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

South side of East 3rd Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 101623 and 103837.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 67 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Art Deco and Italianate. They were mostly built between 1841 and 1925.

  1. First Houses Designated landmark
    240 feet
  2. Public Theatre Designated landmark
    680 feet
  3. Industrial National Bank of New York Building Designated landmark
    730 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 3 gardens
  • 3 parks
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Neighborhood School
    450 feet
  2. The Star Academy - P.S.63 School
    450 feet
  3. Manhattan School for Career Development School
    570 feet
Show all 4
  1. Nord Anglia International School
    910 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. McKinley Playground
    420 feet
  2. Peretz Square
    600 feet
  3. First Park
    610 feet
Show all 8
  1. First Park Playground
    680 feet
  2. First Street Garden
    820 feet
  3. Albert's Garden
    1,160 feet
  4. Sara D. Roosevelt Park
    1,240 feet
  5. Miracle Garden
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. New York City Marble Cemetery Listed historic place
    530 feet
  2. New York Marble Cemetery Listed historic place
    1,150 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Anthology Film Archives Arts or cultural center · landmark
    960 feet
  2. New York Theatre Workshop Theater or concert hall
    1,140 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Orthodox Cathedral Holy Virgin Protection Church Landmark
    720 feet
  2. Sixth Street Community Synagogue Listed historic place
    1,000 feet
  3. St Stanislaus Bishop & Martyr RC Church House of worship
    1,180 feet
Show all 4
  1. Citylight Church House of worship
    1,300 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at Meltzer Towers Older adult center
    1,000 feet
  2. Older adult center at 189 Allen Street Older adult center
    1,160 feet

Fire and police

  1. 9th Precinct Police station
    1,020 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    930 feet
  2. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 196 places to eat and 18 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 1st Avenue or East 3rd 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, NYCHA, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.