2nd Avenue & East 29th Street

The four-way crossing of 2nd Avenue and East 29th Street is in Murray Hill-Kips Bay, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. In 2025, two school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Vincent F. Albano Jr. Playground is 50 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, six of them religious buildings, and 67 places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
28 St
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
250 feet
2 Av/E 28 St · M9, M15, M34 SBS, M34A SBS
Within a walk
24 places
6 religious buildings, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
2nd Avenue & East 29th 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. 33 St 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 28 St, 250 feet away, for the M9, M15, M34 SBS and M34A SBS.

  • 52 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 2 Av/E 28 St M9, M15, M34 SBS, M34A SBS
    250 feet
    M9 M15 M34 SBS M34A SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. M9 …
  2. M15 …
  3. M34 SBS …
  4. M34A SBS …

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 29th Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 2 Ave & E 29 St 57 docks in all
    40 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at FDR Drive & East 30th Street, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 466 10th Avenue Gas station
    1.8 miles
  2. 142 East 31st Street Charging for electric cars, four 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 11 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
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2018
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, July 2026

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 2 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,950th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10016
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 6
City Council district
2 and 4 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
13
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Murray Hill-Kips Bay
Elevation
35 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 7,200 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 1940 and 1975.

Since 2014 at least 23 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 78 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 63 signs on these blocks
  • 23 different rules
  • 7 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2023 and September 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 29th Street (south side).

East side of 2nd Avenue

  • Metered parking 7 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 29th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN'S SERVICES
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 101358, 104306, 104307 and 105031.

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
    510 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 public spaces
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Churchill School and Center School
    260 feet
  2. Rose Hill Montessori Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    450 feet
  3. Baruch College Early Learning Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    970 feet
Show all 6
  1. Archdiocese of NY - Epiphany School Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    990 feet
  2. Bellevue Day Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,230 feet
  3. The Acorn School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Vincent F. Albano Jr. Playground
    50 feet
  2. Bellevue South Park
    500 feet
  3. Bellevue South Park Playground
    540 feet
Show all 4
  1. Dog Run in Bellevue South Park Dog run
    650 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Parc East Tower Apartments Public space
    730 feet
  2. Public space at Biltmore Plaza Public space
    880 feet
  3. Public space at Alexandria Science Center Public space
    1,150 feet
Show all 4
  1. Public space at Future Public space
    1,230 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. House at 203 East 29th Street Listed historic place
    610 feet
  2. R & S Building Listed historic place
    990 feet
  3. Kips Bay Library
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Good Shepherd Church House of worship
    600 feet
  2. St Illuminators Armenian Apostolic Cathedral House of worship
    690 feet
  3. Our Lady of the Scapular St Stephen Church House of worship
    990 feet
Show all 4
  1. Congregation Talmud Torah Adereth El House of worship
    1,050 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 16/Ladder 7 Fire station
    260 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    610 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fairway Market Supermarket
    380 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    1,250 feet
  3. D'Agostino Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    110 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 67 places to eat and 12 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 2nd Avenue or East 29th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.