2nd Avenue & East 19th Street

The four-way crossing of 2nd Avenue and East 19th Street is in Gramercy, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Augustus St. Gaudens Playground is 50 feet away, and M.S. 255 Salk School of Science is 350 feet away. The nearest subway, 3 Av, is about seven minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 32 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and 45 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
3 Av
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
130 feet
2 Av/E 20 St · M15
Within a walk
32 places
11 religious buildings, 7 schools and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
2nd Avenue & East 19th 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 seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 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
    0.4 miles
    L
  2. 23 St-Baruch College 6
    0.5 miles
    6

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 2 Av/E 20 St, 130 feet away, for the M15.

  • 33 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 2 Av/E 20 St M15 · Shelter
    130 feet
    M15
    Shelter

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.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 20 St & 2 Ave 84 docks in all
    310 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
    1.5 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
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 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
  • 5 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, November 2016

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
21 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 83 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2014 and November 2025, 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

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 19th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 14 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of East 19th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 101895, 102304, 104750 and 104751.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and 47 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Anglo-Italianate. They were mostly built between 1850 and 1856.

  1. St. John the Baptist House Designated landmark
    480 feet
  2. St. George's Church Rectory (Henry Hill Pierce House) Designated landmark
    800 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. Antonin Dvorak Statue by Ivan Mestrovic, 1997
    590 feet
  2. Peter Stuyvesant Statue by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, 1941
    680 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 public places.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 7 schools
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 public spaces
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Vivvi 16 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    130 feet
  2. M.S. 255 Salk School of Science School
    350 feet
  3. P.S. 040 Augustus Saint-Gaudens School
    350 feet
Show all 10
  1. Learningspring School
    360 feet
  2. Philip Xavier Center Trade or language school
    720 feet
  3. J.H.S. 104 Simon Baruch School
    820 feet
  4. Epiphany School (The) School
    990 feet
  5. Manhattan Comprehensive Night and Day High School
    1,130 feet
  6. Friends Seminary School
    1,140 feet
  7. Beth Israel Medical Center College
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

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

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Park Towers Medical Plaza Public space
    960 feet
  2. Public space at Gilman Hall Public space
    1,010 feet

Health care

  1. NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital
    410 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Society for the Lying-In Hospital Listed historic place
    400 feet
  2. Houses at 326, 328 and 330 East 18th Street Listed historic place
    720 feet
  3. Stuyvesant Square Historic District Listed historic place
    1,000 feet
Show all 4
  1. Epiphany Library
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. East End Temple House of worship
    440 feet
  2. Holy Trinity Slovak Lutheran Church House of worship
    470 feet
  3. Chabad of Gramercy Park House of worship
    580 feet
Show all 9
  1. Epiphany Church House of worship
    640 feet
  2. Manhattan Korean Presbyterian Church Landmark
    720 feet
  3. St George Episc Church Landmark · listed historic place
    860 feet
  4. Brotherhood Synagogue Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,000 feet
  5. St Marys Byzantine Church House of worship
    1,110 feet
  6. St John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church House of worship
    1,170 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    730 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    730 feet

Supermarkets

  1. D'Agostino Supermarket
    1,040 feet
  2. Morton Williams Supermarket
    1,280 feet
  3. Westside Market Supermarket
    1,320 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,230 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  3. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 45 places to eat and 11 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 2nd Avenue or East 19th 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.