2nd Avenue & East 17th Street

The four-way crossing of 2nd Avenue and East 17th Street is in Gramercy, Manhattan. It lies inside the Stuyvesant Square Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. In 2025, 909 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. East End Temple is 160 feet away, and the statue “Peter Stuyvesant” is 230 feet away. The nearest subway, 3 Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are 43 public places, 15 of them schools, and 74 places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
3 Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
2 Av/E 17 St · M15
Within a walk
43 places
15 schools, 12 religious buildings and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
2nd Avenue & East 17th 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. 14 St-Union Sq 4, 5, 6, L, N, Q, R, W
    0.4 miles
    4 5 6 L N Q R W

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 2 Av/E 17 St, 110 feet away, for the M15.

  • 30 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 2 Av/E 17 St M15
    110 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.

  • 70 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 4 of them on-street corrals
  • 7 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 17 St & 2 Ave 47 docks in all
    50 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. 130 East 18th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 5 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

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 909 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 827th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 343 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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
22 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 163 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 48 signs on these blocks
  • 19 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 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 standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 2nd Avenue

  • Metered parking 6 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-8AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of East 17th Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Ambulettes only 1 sign AMBULETTE ONLY
  • Doctor plates only 2 signs DOCTOR LICENSE PLATES ONLY 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 103636 and 106644.

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 five Individual Landmarks, and 69 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Anglo-Italianate. They were mostly built between 1850 and 1869.

  1. St. John the Baptist House Designated landmark
    300 feet
  2. Friends' Meeting House Designated landmark
    550 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
    230 feet
  2. Antonin Dvorak Statue by Ivan Mestrovic, 1997
    250 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 43 public places.

  • 15 schools
  • 12 religious buildings
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 hospitals
  • 9 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Vivvi 16 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    620 feet
  2. Manhattan Comprehensive Night and Day High School
    640 feet
  3. Friends Seminary School · landmark
    650 feet
Show all 19
  1. Beth Israel Medical Center College
    720 feet
  2. M.S. 255 Salk School of Science School
    840 feet
  3. P.S. 040 Augustus Saint-Gaudens School
    840 feet
  4. Learningspring School
    840 feet
  5. The Jack and Jill School at St. George's Church Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · landmark
    860 feet
  6. High School for Health Professions and Human Services School
    880 feet
  7. Institute for Collaborative Education School
    880 feet
  8. P.S. M226 School
    880 feet
  9. Academy for Software Engineering School
    1,180 feet
  10. Gramercy Arts High School
    1,180 feet
  11. International High School at Union Square School
    1,180 feet
  12. Success Academy Charter School - Union Square School
    1,180 feet
  13. The High School for Language and Diplomacy School
    1,180 feet
  14. Union Square Academy for Health Sciences School
    1,180 feet
  15. Philip Xavier Center Trade or language school
    1,200 feet
  16. J.H.S. 104 Simon Baruch School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Stuyvesant Square Park
    50 feet
  2. Augustus St. Gaudens Playground
    540 feet
  3. Peter's Field
    790 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Gilman Hall Public space
    710 feet
  2. Public space at Park Towers Medical Plaza Public space
    730 feet

Health care

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Society for the Lying-In Hospital Listed historic place
    260 feet
  2. Stuyvesant Square Historic District Listed historic place
    520 feet
  3. Houses at 326, 328 and 330 East 18th Street Listed historic place
    580 feet

Houses of worship

  1. East End Temple House of worship
    160 feet
  2. Manhattan Korean Presbyterian Church Landmark
    330 feet
  3. St George Episc Church Landmark · listed historic place
    370 feet
Show all 9
  1. St Marys Byzantine Church House of worship
    620 feet
  2. St John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church House of worship
    880 feet
  3. Holy Trinity Slovak Lutheran Church House of worship
    950 feet
  4. Chabad of Gramercy Park House of worship
    1,070 feet
  5. Epiphany Church House of worship
    1,130 feet
  6. Town & Village Synagogue House of worship
    1,160 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Peter Stuyvesant Post Office
    1,100 feet
  2. 14 Street Y Recreation center
    1,240 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,220 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,220 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Westside Market Supermarket
    830 feet
  2. D'Agostino Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    870 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    1,290 feet
  3. 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 74 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 2nd Avenue or East 17th 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.