2nd Avenue & East 10th Street

The four-way crossing of 2nd Avenue and East 10th Street is in the East Village, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 26 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. St Marks Church in the Bowery is 200 feet away, and New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai is 1,130 feet away. The nearest subway, Astor Pl, is about five minutes on foot, and nine subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 34 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and 222 places to eat.

Safety record
20 hurt
26 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Astor Pl
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
390 feet
2 Av/E 9 St · M15
Within a walk
34 places
11 religious buildings, 8 listed historic places and 12 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
2nd Avenue & East 10th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Astor Pl, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 9 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Astor Pl 6
    0.3 miles
    6

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. 6 …
Downtown
1 line
  1. 6 …

Also within a walk

  1. 3 Av L
    0.3 miles
    L
  2. 8 St-NYU R, W
    0.3 miles
    R W

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Untitled” (1986) by Milton Glaser at the Astor Pl station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 2 Av/E 9 St, 390 feet away, for the M15.

  • 23 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 2 Av/E 9 St M15 · Shelter
    390 feet
    M15
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M15 …

Live arrivals

A bus lane runs along 2nd Avenue, all day, every day.

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 2nd Avenue and East 10th Street.

  • 108 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 14 of them on-street corrals
  • 7 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 10 St & 2 Ave 41 docks in all
    60 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
    1.3 miles
  2. 100 East 15th Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 26 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 20 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 8 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2018

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 three travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 5,100 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 69 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 39 signs on these blocks
  • 14 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 5 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2023 and January 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 2nd Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-10PM SATURDAY 9AM-10PM
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 2nd Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7PM-10PM SATURDAY 9AM-10PM
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8:30AM-9AM

North side of East 10th Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 10th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 3 signs AVO DEPT OF SANITATION

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 101900, 102231, 104657, 106473 and 107345.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are seven Individual Landmarks, and 79 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Anglo-Italianate. They were mostly built between 1852 and 1880.

  1. The Rectory of St. Mark's Church Designated landmark
    330 feet
  2. Deutsches Dispensary Designated landmark
    380 feet
  3. Louis N. Jaffe Art Theater Designated landmark
    440 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 34 public places.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 8 listed historic places
  • 3 parks
  • 2 gardens
  • 1 college
  • 9 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Society of Third Street Music School Settlement Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    560 feet
  2. The East Village Community School
    990 feet
  3. St. John's University Manhattan College
    1,050 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Abe Lebewohl Park
    60 feet
  2. Abe Lebewohl Triangle
    270 feet
  3. Lower East Side Playground
    1,160 feet
Show all 6
  1. 11th Street Community Garden
    1,250 feet
  2. East Side Outside Community Garden
    1,250 feet
  3. Cooper Triangle
    1,270 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 51 Astor Place Public space
    1,050 feet
  2. Astor Place Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,310 feet

Health care

  1. New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai Hospital
    1,130 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. St. Mark's Historic District Listed historic place
    310 feet
  2. Ottendorfer Public Library and Stuyvesant Polyclinic Hospital Listed historic place
    410 feet
  3. Ottendorfer Library Landmark
    490 feet
Show all 9
  1. Yiddish Art Theatre Listed historic place
    550 feet
  2. Hamilton Fish House (Stuyvesant-Fish House) Listed historic place
    570 feet
  3. St. Mark's Historic District (Boundary Increase) Listed historic place
    620 feet
  4. Isaac T. Hopper House Listed historic place
    910 feet
  5. Daniel Leroy House Listed historic place
    950 feet
  6. Cooper Union Listed historic place
    1,180 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Orpheum Theatre Theater or concert hall
    610 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Marks Church in the Bowery Landmark · listed historic place
    200 feet
  2. All Saints Ukranian Orthodox Church House of worship
    570 feet
  3. St Cyril Methodius Church House of worship
    750 feet
Show all 8
  1. Sixth Street Community Synagogue Listed historic place
    1,160 feet
  2. Cityvine Church Listed historic place
    1,170 feet
  3. Town & Village Synagogue House of worship
    1,280 feet
  4. St Marys Byzantine Church House of worship
    1,300 feet
  5. St George Ukrainian Catholic Church House of worship
    1,310 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 331 East 12th Street Older adult center
    1,060 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    80 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    310 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    730 feet

Supermarkets

  1. H Mart Supermarket
    790 feet
  2. Westside Market Supermarket
    1,160 feet
  3. Wegmans Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,180 feet
  2. Duane Reade 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 222 places to eat and 19 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 2nd Avenue or East 10th 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.