1st Avenue & St Marks Place

The four-way crossing of 1st Avenue and St Marks Place is in the East Village, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. In 2025, 6,026 bus-lane camera tickets were recorded here. George Jackson Academy is 340 feet away, and East Side Outside Community Garden is 990 feet away. The nearest subway, 1 Av, is about six minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 261 places to eat.

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

Map

Layers
1st Avenue & St Marks Place 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.

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

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

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

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/Saint Marks Pl, 100 feet away, for the M15.

  • 20 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 1 Av/Saint Marks Pl M15
    100 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.

  • 112 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 12 of them on-street corrals
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. St Marks Pl & 1 Ave 69 docks in all
    120 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
    1.4 miles
  2. 169 Ludlow Street Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    0.6 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 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 15 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 7 of those hurt, on foot
  • 5 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2018
  • Turn calming, August 2023
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 2026

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 6,026 bus-lane camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 32nd most of the 174 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 3, 4,539 more were issued.

Every corner with bus-lane camera tickets

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
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 5,900 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 1910.

Trees

NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 47 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules
  • 6 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2020 and July 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 1st Avenue

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

West side of 1st Avenue

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

North side of St Marks Place

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 6PM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of St Marks Place

  • Metered parking 9 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-MIDNIGHT SATURDAY 9AM-MIDNIGHT
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 105481, 106512 and 107130.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 133 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1853 and 1893.

  1. Congregation of Edes Israel Anshei Mesrich Designated landmark
    480 feet
  2. Middle Collegiate Church Sunday School Designated landmark
    650 feet
  3. Odyssey House Designated landmark
    680 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
    800 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

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

Schools and child care

  1. Little Missionary's Day Nursery Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    140 feet
  2. George Jackson Academy School
    340 feet
  3. The East Village Community School
    1,030 feet
Show all 5
  1. East Side Community School
    1,280 feet
  2. Manhattan School for Career Development School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Tompkins Square Park
    730 feet
  2. Tompkins Square Park Playground
    750 feet
  3. Lower East Side Playground
    900 feet
Show all 6
  1. 11th Street Community Garden
    980 feet
  2. East Side Outside Community Garden
    990 feet
  3. Abe Lebewohl Park
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Ottendorfer Library
    880 feet
  2. Ottendorfer Public Library and Stuyvesant Polyclinic Hospital Listed historic place
    990 feet
  3. Isaac T. Hopper House Listed historic place
    1,020 feet
Show all 4
  1. Daniel Leroy House Listed historic place
    1,210 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Orpheum Theatre Theater or concert hall
    750 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Cyril Methodius Church House of worship
    340 feet
  2. St Stanislaus Bishop & Martyr RC Church Landmark
    350 feet
  3. Citylight Church Landmark
    490 feet
Show all 5
  1. Sixth Street Community Synagogue Landmark · listed historic place
    680 feet
  2. St Nicholas of Myra Orthodox Church House of worship
    870 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Fire and police

  1. 9th Precinct Police station
    1,100 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,020 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,020 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 261 places to eat and 22 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 1st Avenue or St Marks Place.

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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.