2nd Avenue & East 20th Street

The four-way crossing of 2nd Avenue and East 20th Street is in Gramercy, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 32 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Peter's Field is 60 feet away, and P.S. 040 Augustus Saint-Gaudens is 420 feet away. The nearest subway, 3 Av, is about eight minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 31 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 54 places to eat.

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

Map

Layers
2nd Avenue & East 20th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 3 Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av L
    0.4 miles
    L

Next trains at this station

West Side
1 line
  1. L …
Brooklyn
1 line
  1. L …

Also within a walk

  1. 23 St-Baruch College 6
    0.4 miles
    6
  2. 1 Av L
    0.4 miles
    L

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 2 Av/E 20 St, 120 feet away, for the M15.

  • 33 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 2 Av/E 20 St M15 · Shelter
    120 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 and East 20th Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 20 St & 2 Ave 84 docks in all
    80 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at Avenue C, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1.6 miles
  2. 130 East 18th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 32 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 18 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 10 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2017

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
20 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 6,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 78 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2018 and September 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

West side of 2nd Avenue

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 1 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7PM-10PM SATURDAY 9AM-10PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of East 20th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 5 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of East 20th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 102304, 104465, 106251 and 106849.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and 30 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Anglo-Italianate. They were mostly built between 1850 and 1866.

  1. St. John the Baptist House Designated landmark
    700 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Stuyvesant Square.

  1. Antonin Dvorak Statue by Ivan Mestrovic, 1997
    820 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Learningspring School
    110 feet
  2. Vivvi 16 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    110 feet
  3. M.S. 255 Salk School of Science School
    420 feet
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  1. P.S. 040 Augustus Saint-Gaudens School
    420 feet
  2. J.H.S. 104 Simon Baruch School
    570 feet
  3. Epiphany School (The) School
    740 feet
  4. Philip Xavier Center Trade or language school
    960 feet
  5. 47 the American Sign Language and English Secondary School
    1,220 feet
  6. The 47 American Sign Language & English Lower School
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

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

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Park Towers Medical Plaza Public space
    1,200 feet
  2. Public space at Gilman Hall Public space
    1,260 feet

Health care

  1. NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital
    660 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Society for the Lying-In Hospital Listed historic place
    650 feet
  2. Houses at 326, 328 and 330 East 18th Street Listed historic place
    960 feet
  3. Epiphany Library
    1,000 feet
Show all 5
  1. Gramercy Park Historic District Listed historic place
    1,240 feet
  2. Stuyvesant Square Historic District Listed historic place
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Epiphany Church House of worship
    390 feet
  2. Holy Trinity Slovak Lutheran Church House of worship
    420 feet
  3. Chabad of Gramercy Park House of worship
    570 feet
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  1. East End Temple House of worship
    680 feet
  2. Brotherhood Synagogue Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    950 feet
  3. Manhattan Korean Presbyterian Church House of worship
    960 feet
  4. St George Episc Church Listed historic place
    1,100 feet
  5. Gustauus Adolphus Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,290 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Stein Senior Center Older adult center
    1,210 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    930 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    980 feet

Supermarkets

  1. D'Agostino Supermarket
    790 feet
  2. Morton Williams Supermarket
    1,040 feet
  3. Westside Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 54 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 2nd Avenue or East 20th 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.