2nd Avenue & East 14th Street

The four-way crossing of 2nd Avenue and East 14th Street is in Gramercy, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 27 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection. In 2025, 3,978 bus-lane camera tickets were recorded here. New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai is 200 feet away. The nearest subway, 3 Av, is about two minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are 34 public places and 139 places to eat.

Safety record
24 hurt
27 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
3 Av
550 feet · 2 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
2 Av/E 14 St · M15
Within a walk
34 places
11 religious buildings, 6 schools and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
2nd Avenue & East 14th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 3 Av, 550 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 8 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av L
    550 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
    810 feet
    L
  2. 14 St-Union Sq 4, 5, 6, L, N, Q, R, W
    0.3 miles
    4 5 6 L N Q R W

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 2 Av/E 14 St, 50 feet away, for the M15.

  • 37 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 2 Av/E 14 St M15
    50 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.

  • 91 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 13 St & 2 Ave 54 docks in all
    340 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at Avenue C, 0.8 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
    0.4 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 27 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 24 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on foot
  • 6 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection, a designation it applies to corners selected for attention on their injury record. It is not a record of work done.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2023

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 3,978 bus-lane camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 49th most of the 174 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 3, 3,556 more were issued.

Bus-lane camera tickets by the direction of travel written on the ticket
Direction on the ticket20252026 so far
Southbound on 2nd Avenue2,9452,038
Eastbound on East 14th Street1,0331,518
Total3,9783,556

Every corner with bus-lane camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10003
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 6
City Council district
2
Police precinct
9 and 13 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gramercy
Elevation
28 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 4,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 34 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese pagoda tree and the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 40 signs on these blocks
  • 15 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2020 and August 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 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-10PM SATURDAY 9AM-10PM
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of 2nd Avenue

  • 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

North side of East 14th Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 30 MMP COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 6AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 10PM-6AM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 9 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY SUNDAY 6AM-10PM

South side of East 14th Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 30 MMP COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 6AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 103241, 103518, 104238 and 106837.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are four Individual Landmarks, and 27 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1852 and 1880.

  1. Children's Aid Society, Elizabeth Home for Girls Designated landmark
    510 feet
  2. Friends' Meeting House Designated landmark
    530 feet
  3. Louis N. Jaffe Art Theater Designated landmark
    670 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in Stuyvesant Square.

  1. Peter Stuyvesant Statue by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, 1941
    640 feet
  2. Antonin Dvorak Statue by Ivan Mestrovic, 1997
    790 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
  • 6 schools
  • 5 listed historic places
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 hospitals
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Manhattan Comprehensive Night and Day High School
    280 feet
  2. Beth Israel Medical Center College
    570 feet
  3. The Eductional Alliance Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    590 feet
Show all 10
  1. Friends Seminary School · landmark
    880 feet
  2. High School for Health Professions and Human Services School
    940 feet
  3. Institute for Collaborative Education School
    940 feet
  4. P.S. M226 School
    940 feet
  5. Society of Third Street Music School Settlement Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,140 feet
  6. The Jack and Jill School at St. George's Church Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,170 feet
  7. The East Village Community School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Stuyvesant Square Park
    330 feet
  2. Abe Lebewohl Park
    1,000 feet

Health care

  1. New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai Hospital
    200 feet
  2. NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital
    1,030 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Yiddish Art Theatre Listed historic place
    690 feet
  2. Stuyvesant Square Historic District Listed historic place
    880 feet
  3. Society for the Lying-In Hospital Listed historic place
    1,050 feet
Show all 5
  1. Church of the Immaculate Conception and Clergy Houses Listed historic place
    1,120 feet
  2. Van Tassell & Kearney Horse Auction Mart Listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Marys Byzantine Church House of worship
    240 feet
  2. Town & Village Synagogue Landmark
    460 feet
  3. St George Episc Church Listed historic place
    760 feet
Show all 8
  1. Immaculate Conception Church House of worship
    930 feet
  2. Manhattan Korean Presbyterian Church House of worship
    940 feet
  3. East End Temple House of worship
    960 feet
  4. St Marks Church in the Bowery Listed historic place
    970 feet
  5. Christ Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,250 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Peter Stuyvesant Post Office
    560 feet
  2. 14 Street Y Recreation center
    600 feet
  3. Older adult center at 331 East 12th Street Older adult center
    940 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 5 Fire station
    560 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,020 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    920 feet
  2. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    1,130 feet
  3. Westside Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    720 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    980 feet
  3. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 139 places to eat and 11 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 2nd Avenue or East 14th Street.

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