2nd Avenue & East 12th Street

The four-way crossing of 2nd Avenue and East 12th Street is in the East Village, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Louis N. Jaffe Art Theater, one of three Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 170 feet away, and Stuyvesant Square is 890 feet away. The nearest subway, 3 Av, is about four minutes on foot, and eight subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 35 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 186 places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
3 Av
1,100 feet · 4 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
2 Av/E 12 St · M15
Within a walk
35 places
10 religious buildings, 6 listed historic places and 13 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
2nd Avenue & East 12th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 3 Av, 1,100 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 8 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av L
    1,100 feet
    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
    1,240 feet
    L
  2. Astor Pl 6
    0.3 miles
    6

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 2 Av/E 12 St, 100 feet away, for the M15.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. M15 …

Live arrivals

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

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 2nd Avenue and East 12th Street.

  • 107 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 8 of them on-street corrals
  • 6 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 13 St & 2 Ave 54 docks in all
    300 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. 100 East 15th Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes 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 April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2017

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
27 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 5,400 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 1929.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 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
  • 15 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2018 and July 2026; 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
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 2nd Avenue

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 1 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • Metered parking 3 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

North side of East 12th Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 13 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of East 12th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Loading only 2 signs LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 103713, 103714, 104869 and 104920.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and 48 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Anglo-Italianate. They were mostly built between 1854 and 1861.

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 35 public places.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 6 listed historic places
  • 3 parks
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 11 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Society of Third Street Music School Settlement Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    580 feet
  2. The East Village Community School
    730 feet
  3. Manhattan Comprehensive Night and Day High School
    840 feet
Show all 6
  1. Beth Israel Medical Center College
    1,130 feet
  2. The Eductional Alliance Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,140 feet
  3. East Side Community School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Abe Lebewohl Park
    450 feet
  2. Abe Lebewohl Triangle
    790 feet
  3. Stuyvesant Square Park
    890 feet
Show all 5
  1. Lower East Side Playground
    930 feet
  2. East Side Outside Community Garden
    990 feet

Health care

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Yiddish Art Theatre Listed historic place
    130 feet
  2. St. Mark's Historic District Listed historic place
    830 feet
  3. Ottendorfer Public Library and Stuyvesant Polyclinic Hospital Listed historic place
    930 feet
Show all 7
  1. Ottendorfer Library
    1,000 feet
  2. Hamilton Fish House (Stuyvesant-Fish House) Listed historic place
    1,090 feet
  3. St. Mark's Historic District (Boundary Increase) Listed historic place
    1,140 feet
  4. Van Tassell & Kearney Horse Auction Mart Listed historic place
    1,170 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Orpheum Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,130 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Marks Church in the Bowery Landmark · listed historic place
    420 feet
  2. Town & Village Synagogue Landmark
    770 feet
  3. St Marys Byzantine Church House of worship
    780 feet
Show all 6
  1. All Saints Ukranian Orthodox Church House of worship
    830 feet
  2. Immaculate Conception Church House of worship
    1,250 feet
  3. St Cyril Methodius Church House of worship
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 331 East 12th Street Older adult center
    540 feet
  2. 14 Street Y Recreation center
    1,030 feet
  3. Peter Stuyvesant Post Office
    1,120 feet
Show all 4
  1. Cooper Post Office Listed historic place
    1,240 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 5 Fire station
    1,120 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    600 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    830 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Westside Market Supermarket
    840 feet
  2. H Mart Supermarket
    1,300 feet
  3. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,270 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  3. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 186 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 2nd Avenue or East 12th 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.