2nd Avenue & East 1st Street

The four-way crossing of 2nd Avenue and East 1st 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. Liz Christy Garden is 170 feet away, and New York Turn Verein Building stands 740 feet away. The nearest subway, 2 Av, is about a minute on foot, and nine subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 32 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 150 places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
2 Av
190 feet · 1 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
270 feet
East Houston St/2 Av · M21
Within a walk
32 places
8 religious buildings, 5 schools and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
2nd Avenue & East 1st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 2 Av, 190 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 9 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 2 Av F
    190 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. F …
Downtown
1 line
  1. F …

Also within a walk

  1. Broadway-Lafayette St/Bleecker St 6, B, D, F, M
    1,240 feet
    6 B D F M
  2. Bowery J, Z
    0.4 miles
    J Z

Bus

The nearest bus stop is East Houston St/2 Av, 270 feet away, for the M21.

  • 25 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. East Houston St/2 Av M21 · Shelter
    270 feet
    M21
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 2nd Avenue and East 1st Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 2 St & 2 Ave 84 docks in all
    360 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive northbound at FDR Drive & East Houston Street at E Houston Street Pedestrian Overpass, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1.5 miles
  2. 284 Mott Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1,290 feet
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.6 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.

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 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, October 2018
  • Safety Improvement Project, 2025

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
39 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 102 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and January 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 2nd Avenue

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

West side of 2nd Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of East 1st Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

South side of East 1st Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 103743.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 105 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival, and mostly built between 1835 and 1896.

  1. Public Theatre Designated landmark
    730 feet
  2. Bond Street Savings Bank Designated landmark
    730 feet
  3. New York Turn Verein Building Designated landmark
    740 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 4 gardens
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 3 parks
  • 9 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Pathways Children's Services School
    430 feet
  2. Nord Anglia International School
    540 feet
  3. Cascades High School
    920 feet
Show all 5
  1. Forsyth Satellite Academy School
    920 feet
  2. Manhattan School for Career Development School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. First Park
    150 feet
  2. Liz Christy Garden
    170 feet
  3. Sara D. Roosevelt Park
    330 feet
Show all 10
  1. First Street Garden
    350 feet
  2. Houston St Playground
    520 feet
  3. Albert's Garden
    550 feet
  4. First Park Playground
    660 feet
  5. Peretz Square
    810 feet
  6. Rivington St Playground
    1,200 feet
  7. M'finda Kalunga Garden
    1,230 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. New York Marble Cemetery Listed historic place
    670 feet
  2. New York City Marble Cemetery Listed historic place
    700 feet
  3. Bouwerie Lane Theater Listed historic place
    890 feet
Show all 4
  1. New Museum
    1,160 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Anthology Film Archives Arts or cultural center · landmark
    230 feet
  2. New York Theatre Workshop Theater or concert hall
    930 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Orthodox Cathedral Holy Virgin Protection Church Landmark
    380 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. YMCA Chinatown Houston Street Center Recreation center
    430 feet
  2. Older adult center at 189 Allen Street Older adult center
    1,150 feet
  3. Older adult center at Meltzer Towers Older adult center
    1,220 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    90 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    480 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    750 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    590 feet
  2. Mulberry Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,200 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 150 places to eat and 19 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 2nd Avenue or East 1st 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, NYCHA, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.