2nd Avenue & East 21st Street

The four-way crossing of 2nd Avenue and East 21st Street is in Gramercy, Manhattan, and is also named Officer Glen Pettit Corner by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 19 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Learningspring School is 270 feet away, and Stuyvesant Square is 1,030 feet away. The nearest subway, 23 St-Baruch College, is about seven minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 29 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 58 places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
19 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
23 St-Baruch College
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
360 feet
2 Av/E 20 St · M15
Within a walk
29 places
9 religious buildings, 7 schools and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
2nd Avenue & East 21st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 23 St-Baruch College, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 23 St-Baruch College 6
    0.4 miles
    6

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. 6 …
Downtown
1 line
  1. 6 …

Also within a walk

  1. 3 Av L
    0.4 miles
    L
  2. 1 Av L
    0.5 miles
    L

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Long Division” (1988) by Valerie Jaudon at the 23 St-Baruch College station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 2 Av/E 20 St, 360 feet away, for the M15.

  • 33 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 2 Av/E 20 St M15 · Shelter
    360 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 21st Street.

  • 87 bicycle racks within 820 feet, one of them an on-street corral
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 22 St & 2 Ave 49 docks in all
    310 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. 200 East 24th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. West 24th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 19 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2017
  • Turn calming, July 2026

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10010
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 6
City Council district
2
Police precinct
13
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gramercy
Elevation
20 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Officer Glen Pettit Corner, a co-naming enacted on March 7, 2012 (Local Law 14 of 2012).

The streets

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

Homes

About 6,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 28 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 61 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Officer Glen Pettit Corner.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2018 and January 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on East 21st Street (south side).

East side of 2nd Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-10PM SATURDAY 9AM-10PM
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of 2nd Avenue

  • 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 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of East 21st Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 6 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 21st Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 3 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 104465, 104466, 106439 and 107138.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 public places.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 7 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 college
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Learningspring School
    270 feet
  2. Vivvi 16 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    350 feet
  3. Epiphany School (The) School
    500 feet
Show all 11
  1. J.H.S. 104 Simon Baruch School
    560 feet
  2. M.S. 255 Salk School of Science School
    660 feet
  3. P.S. 040 Augustus Saint-Gaudens School
    660 feet
  4. 47 the American Sign Language and English Secondary School
    970 feet
  5. The 47 American Sign Language & English Lower School
    970 feet
  6. School of Visual Arts College
    1,110 feet
  7. Baruch College Early Learning Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,130 feet
  8. Philip Xavier Center Trade or language school
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Peter's Field
    60 feet
  2. Augustus St. Gaudens Playground
    300 feet
  3. Stuyvesant Square Park
    1,030 feet

Health care

  1. NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital
    900 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Epiphany Library
    760 feet
  2. Society for the Lying-In Hospital Listed historic place
    890 feet
  3. Houses at 326, 328 and 330 East 18th Street Listed historic place
    1,210 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Epiphany Church House of worship
    180 feet
  2. Holy Trinity Slovak Lutheran Church House of worship
    670 feet
  3. Chabad of Gramercy Park House of worship
    820 feet
Show all 7
  1. East End Temple House of worship
    930 feet
  2. Gustauus Adolphus Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,060 feet
  3. Brotherhood Synagogue Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,100 feet
  4. Manhattan Korean Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,210 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Stein Senior Center Older adult center
    960 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,140 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,080 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  3. 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 58 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 2nd Avenue or East 21st 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 Records, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.