2nd Avenue & East 26th Street

The four-way crossing of 2nd Avenue and East 26th Street is in Murray Hill-Kips Bay, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 33 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. St Illuminators Armenian Apostolic Cathedral is 560 feet away, and Epiphany Church is 1,210 feet away. The nearest subway, 28 St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 6. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 72 places to eat.

Safety record
26 hurt
33 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
28 St
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
370 feet
2 Av/E 25 St · M15
Within a walk
24 places
5 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
2nd Avenue & East 26th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 28 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. 28 St 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. 23 St-Baruch College 6
    0.5 miles
    6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “ROAMING UNDERFOOT” (2018) by Nancy Blum at the 28 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 2 Av/E 25 St, 370 feet away, for the M15.

  • 32 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 2 Av/E 25 St M15
    370 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 and East 26th Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 25 St & 2 Ave 79 docks in all
    300 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at FDR Drive & East 30th Street, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1.9 miles
  2. 350 East 30th Street Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.3 miles
  3. West 24th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 33 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 26 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 11 of those hurt, on foot
  • 8 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2014

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)
Murray Hill-Kips Bay
Elevation
32 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 7,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1950 and 1975.

Since 2014 at least 79 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 91 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2018 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 2nd Avenue

  • Metered parking 8 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Farmers market 3 signs FARMERS MARKET ONLY JUNE 1 - NOV 30 THURSDAY 6AM-6PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of 2nd Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7PM-10PM SATURDAY 9AM-10PM
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 4 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

North side of East 26th Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 26th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No stopping 7 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 101076, 104730 and 106500.

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Bellevue South Park.

  1. Skagerrak Sculpture by Antoni H. Milkowski, 1971
    530 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 public places.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 public spaces
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Baruch College Early Learning Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    200 feet
  2. 47 the American Sign Language and English Secondary School
    840 feet
  3. The 47 American Sign Language & English Lower School
    840 feet
Show all 9
  1. Rose Hill Montessori Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    330 feet
  2. The Acorn School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    490 feet
  3. Churchill School and Center School
    1,030 feet
  4. Bellevue Day Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,040 feet
  5. Icd International Center for the Dis Trade or language school
    1,090 feet
  6. School of Visual Arts College
    1,140 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bellevue South Park
    280 feet
  2. Dog Run in Bellevue South Park Dog run
    330 feet
  3. Bellevue South Park Playground
    730 feet
Show all 4
  1. Vincent F. Albano Jr. Playground
    830 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Parc East Tower Apartments Public space
    250 feet
  2. Public space at Crystal House Public space
    1,180 feet
  3. 25th Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,230 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Epiphany Library
    1,200 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Gramercy Arts Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,140 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Illuminators Armenian Apostolic Cathedral House of worship
    560 feet
  2. Epiphany Church House of worship
    1,210 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 16/Ladder 7 Fire station
    880 feet

Supermarkets

  1. D'Agostino Supermarket
    940 feet
  2. Morton Williams Supermarket
    1,050 feet
  3. Fairway Market Supermarket
    1,150 feet

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    760 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 72 places to eat and 15 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 2nd Avenue or East 26th 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.