2nd Avenue & East 15th Street

The four-way crossing of 2nd Avenue and East 15th Street is in Gramercy, Manhattan. It lies inside the Stuyvesant Square Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 21 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. St Marys Byzantine Church is 110 feet away, and Manhattan Comprehensive Night and Day High School is 130 feet away. The nearest subway, 3 Av, is about three minutes on foot, and eight subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 36 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and 108 places to eat.

Safety record
15 hurt
21 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
3 Av
830 feet · 3 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
250 feet
2 Av/E 14 St · M15
Within a walk
36 places
11 religious buildings, 5 schools and 12 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
2nd Avenue & East 15th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 3 Av, 830 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 8 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av L
    830 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
    1,010 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, 250 feet away, for the M15.

  • 37 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 2 Av/E 14 St M15
    250 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 and East 15th Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 17 St & 2 Ave 47 docks in all
    550 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
    0.3 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 21 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 14 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 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
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, March 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10003
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 6
City Council district
2
Police precinct
13
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gramercy
Elevation
25 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 117 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2020 and April 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 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of 2nd Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-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 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-8AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of East 15th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 15th Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 3 signs AVO FIRE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 103518, 103636 and 106123.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Stuyvesant Square Historic District.

Within 820 feet are six Individual Landmarks, and 65 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Anglo-Italianate. They were mostly built between 1851 and 1869.

  1. Friends' Meeting House Designated landmark
    380 feet
  2. (former) Stuyvesant High School Designated landmark
    530 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
    360 feet
  2. Antonin Dvorak Statue by Ivan Mestrovic, 1997
    520 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 36 public places.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 4 listed historic places
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 hospitals
  • 11 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Manhattan Comprehensive Night and Day High School
    130 feet
  2. Beth Israel Medical Center College
    290 feet
  3. Friends Seminary School · landmark
    590 feet
Show all 9
  1. High School for Health Professions and Human Services School
    650 feet
  2. Institute for Collaborative Education School
    650 feet
  3. P.S. M226 School
    650 feet
  4. The Eductional Alliance Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    880 feet
  5. The Jack and Jill School at St. George's Church Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    880 feet
  6. Vivvi 16 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,130 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Stuyvesant Square Park
    50 feet
  2. Augustus St. Gaudens Playground
    1,050 feet
  3. Abe Lebewohl Park
    1,290 feet
Show all 4
  1. Peter's Field
    1,300 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Gilman Hall Public space
    1,220 feet
  2. Public space at Park Towers Medical Plaza Public space
    1,240 feet

Health care

  1. New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai Hospital
    480 feet
  2. NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital
    750 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Stuyvesant Square Historic District Listed historic place
    600 feet
  2. Society for the Lying-In Hospital Listed historic place
    770 feet
  3. Yiddish Art Theatre Listed historic place
    970 feet
Show all 4
  1. Houses at 326, 328 and 330 East 18th Street Listed historic place
    1,090 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Marys Byzantine Church House of worship
    110 feet
  2. St George Episc Church Landmark · listed historic place
    480 feet
  3. Manhattan Korean Presbyterian Church Landmark
    660 feet
Show all 8
  1. Town & Village Synagogue Landmark
    670 feet
  2. East End Temple House of worship
    670 feet
  3. Christ Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,140 feet
  4. Immaculate Conception Church House of worship
    1,160 feet
  5. St Marks Church in the Bowery Listed historic place
    1,260 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Peter Stuyvesant Post Office
    600 feet
  2. 14 Street Y Recreation center
    740 feet
  3. Older adult center at 331 East 12th Street Older adult center
    1,220 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 5 Fire station
    850 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    730 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    870 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Westside Market Supermarket
    1,170 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    1,200 feet
  3. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    790 feet
  2. Duane Reade 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 108 places to eat and nine food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 2nd Avenue or East 15th 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, 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.