2nd Avenue & East 11th Street

The four-way crossing of 2nd Avenue and East 11th Street is in the East Village, Manhattan. It lies inside the St. Mark's Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The Rectory of St. Mark's Church stands 270 feet away, and Manhattan Comprehensive Night and Day High School is 1,100 feet away. The nearest subway, 3 Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are 34 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 208 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
3 Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
2 Av/E 12 St · M15
Within a walk
34 places
9 religious buildings, 7 listed historic places and 13 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
2nd Avenue & East 11th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 3 Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 8 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 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. 1 Av L
    0.3 miles
    L
  2. Astor Pl 6
    0.3 miles
    6

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 2 Av/E 12 St, 180 feet away, for the M15.

  • 22 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 2 Av/E 12 St M15
    180 feet
    M15

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.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 10 St & 2 Ave 41 docks in all
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at Avenue C, 1 mile 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
    0.5 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

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
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 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, January 2017
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 2026

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
29 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 65 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the thornless honeylocust and the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 54 signs on these blocks
  • 16 different rules
  • 10 active meters
  • 7 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2023 and March 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 8:30AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • 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 parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of 2nd Avenue

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 1 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7PM-10PM SATURDAY 9AM-10PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8:30AM-9AM

North side of East 11th Street

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 11th Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 4 signs 1 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 9AM-1PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 103127, 103713, 104657, 104658, 104869, 106969 and 107345.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the St. Mark's Historic District.

Within 820 feet are four Individual Landmarks, and 43 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Anglo-Italianate. They were built between 1795 and 1926.

  1. Louis N. Jaffe Art Theater Designated landmark
    210 feet
  2. The Rectory of St. Mark's Church Designated landmark
    270 feet
  3. Children's Aid Society, Elizabeth Home for Girls Designated landmark
    400 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

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

Schools and child care

  1. Society of Third Street Music School Settlement Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    310 feet
  2. The East Village Community School
    740 feet
  3. Manhattan Comprehensive Night and Day High School
    1,100 feet
Show all 5
  1. East Side Community School
    1,290 feet
  2. St. John's University Manhattan College
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Abe Lebewohl Park
    180 feet
  2. Abe Lebewohl Triangle
    520 feet
  3. Lower East Side Playground
    920 feet
Show all 6
  1. East Side Outside Community Garden
    1,000 feet
  2. 11th Street Community Garden
    1,150 feet
  3. Stuyvesant Square Park
    1,150 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 51 Astor Place Public space
    1,300 feet

Health care

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Yiddish Art Theatre Listed historic place
    300 feet
  2. St. Mark's Historic District Listed historic place
    560 feet
  3. Ottendorfer Public Library and Stuyvesant Polyclinic Hospital Listed historic place
    660 feet
Show all 8
  1. Ottendorfer Library Landmark
    740 feet
  2. Hamilton Fish House (Stuyvesant-Fish House) Listed historic place
    820 feet
  3. St. Mark's Historic District (Boundary Increase) Listed historic place
    870 feet
  4. Isaac T. Hopper House Listed historic place
    1,160 feet
  5. Daniel Leroy House Listed historic place
    1,200 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Orpheum Theatre Theater or concert hall
    860 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
    1,010 feet
Show all 5
  1. Town & Village Synagogue House of worship
    1,030 feet
  2. St Marys Byzantine Church House of worship
    1,050 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 331 East 12th Street Older adult center
    810 feet
  2. Cooper Post Office Listed historic place
    1,160 feet
  3. 14 Street Y Recreation center
    1,290 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    330 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    560 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    940 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Westside Market Supermarket
    910 feet
  2. H Mart Supermarket
    1,040 feet
  3. Wegmans Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  3. 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 208 places to eat and 19 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 2nd Avenue or East 11th 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.