1st Avenue & East 7th Street

The four-way crossing of 1st Avenue and East 7th Street is in the East Village, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. St Stanislaus Bishop & Martyr RC Church is 290 feet away, and Middle Collegiate Church Sunday School stands 570 feet away. The nearest subway, 2 Av, is about seven minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 253 places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
2 Av
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
360 feet
1 Av/Saint Marks Pl · M15
Within a walk
27 places
8 religious buildings, 5 schools and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
1st Avenue & East 7th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 2 Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 2 Av F
    0.3 miles
    F

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 1 Av L
    0.3 miles
    L
  2. Astor Pl 6
    0.4 miles
    6

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 1 Av/Saint Marks Pl, 360 feet away, for the M15.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 1 Av/Saint Marks Pl M15
    360 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.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. St Marks Pl & 1 Ave 69 docks in all
    380 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at Avenue C, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 5 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.

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
26 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 6,100 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 1900 and 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 48 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 7 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2018 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 1st Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

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 8:30AM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of East 7th Street

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

South side of East 7th Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 102661, 105480, 105481 and 106512.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 139 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate, and mostly built between 1852 and 1893.

  1. Congregation of Edes Israel Anshei Mesrich Designated landmark
    280 feet
  2. Odyssey House Designated landmark
    560 feet
  3. Middle Collegiate Church Sunday School Designated landmark
    570 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Tompkins Square Park.

  1. Samuel Sullivan Cox Statue by Louise Lawson, 1891
    770 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 public places.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 gardens
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Little Missionary's Day Nursery Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    400 feet
  2. George Jackson Academy School
    460 feet
  3. Manhattan School for Career Development School
    1,050 feet
Show all 6
  1. Neighborhood School
    1,210 feet
  2. The Star Academy - P.S.63 School
    1,210 feet
  3. The East Village Community School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Tompkins Square Park
    740 feet
  2. Tompkins Square Park Playground
    1,000 feet
  3. Lower East Side Playground
    1,160 feet
Show all 6
  1. 11th Street Community Garden
    1,240 feet
  2. East Side Outside Community Garden
    1,250 feet
  3. McKinley Playground
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Isaac T. Hopper House Listed historic place
    760 feet
  2. Ottendorfer Library
    1,140 feet
  3. Ottendorfer Public Library and Stuyvesant Polyclinic Hospital Listed historic place
    1,250 feet
Show all 4
  1. Daniel Leroy House Listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Orpheum Theatre Theater or concert hall
    800 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Stanislaus Bishop & Martyr RC Church Landmark
    290 feet
  2. St Cyril Methodius Church House of worship
    400 feet
  3. Sixth Street Community Synagogue Landmark · listed historic place
    420 feet
Show all 6
  1. Citylight Church Landmark
    450 feet
  2. St Nicholas of Myra Orthodox Church House of worship
    1,130 feet
  3. St George Ukrainian Catholic Church House of worship
    1,310 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 103 East 7th Street Older adult center
    370 feet

Fire and police

  1. 9th Precinct Police station
    850 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    790 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. H Mart Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 253 places to eat and 18 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 1st Avenue or East 7th 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.