2nd Avenue & East 96th Street

The four-way crossing of 2nd Avenue and East 96th Street is in East Harlem (South), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 54 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. In 2025, 523 bus-lane and 5,329 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. The High School for Climate Justice is 550 feet away, and Samuel Seabury Playground is 1,060 feet away. The nearest subway, 96 St, is about a minute on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, six of them schools, and 27 places to eat.

Safety record
24 hurt
54 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
96 St
90 feet · 1 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
E 96 St/2 Av · M96
Within a walk
26 places
7 public spaces, 6 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
2nd Avenue & East 96th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 96 St, 90 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 96 St Q
    90 feet
    Q

Next trains at this station

Downtown
1 line
  1. Q …

Also within a walk

  1. 96 St 6
    1,210 feet
    6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Blueprint for a Landscape” (2017) by Sarah Sze at the 96 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 96 St/2 Av, 50 feet away, for the M96.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 96 St/2 Av M96 · Shelter
    50 feet
    M96
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M96 …

Live arrivals

A bus lane runs along 2nd Avenue, 7am to 10am and 2pm to 7pm on weekdays.

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 2nd Avenue.

  • 18 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 4 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 2 Ave & E 96 St 45 docks in all
    100 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive northbound at East 96th Street, 1,050 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 1855 1st Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 215 East 96th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    460 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 54 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 24 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 7 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, June 2007
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, August 2019
  • Turn calming, December 2024

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 5,329 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 150th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 2,167 more were issued.

In 2025, 523 bus-lane camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 139th most of the 174 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 3, 69 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets · Every corner with bus-lane camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10128
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 8
City Council district
8
Police precinct
19 and 23 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Harlem (South)
Elevation
13 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 5,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 21 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 66 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 39 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2016 and April 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 2nd Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of 2nd Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING SATURDAY 8:30AM-7PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM 2PM-7PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-2PM

North side of East 96th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 96th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-9AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-4PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 109384 and 113220.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.

  • 7 public spaces
  • 6 schools
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Islamic Cultural Center School
    450 feet
  2. The High School for Climate Justice School
    550 feet
  3. The Judith S. Kaye School
    590 feet
Show all 11
  1. Trevor Day School
    660 feet
  2. Washington Child care
    760 feet
  3. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    890 feet
  4. District 2 Pre-K Center at 1683 Third Avenue Pre-K center
    950 feet
  5. P.S. 198 Isidor E. Ida Straus School
    1,000 feet
  6. P.S. 77 Lower Lab School
    1,000 feet
  7. Chabad Israel Center of the Upper East Side Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,030 feet
  8. Bright Horizon's at East 92nd Street Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Marx Brothers Playground
    70 feet
  2. Stanley Isaacs Playground
    820 feet
  3. East River Esplanade Park
    1,060 feet
Show all 4
  1. Samuel Seabury Playground
    1,060 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 1850 Second Avenue Public space
    150 feet
  2. Public space at Normandie Court Public space
    290 feet
  3. Public space at Marmara Manhattan Public space
    560 feet
Show all 7
  1. Public space at Waterford Public space
    950 feet
  2. Public space at Monterey Public space
    970 feet
  3. Public space at Highgate Public space
    1,160 feet
  4. Public space at Mill Rock Plaza Public space
    1,300 feet

Health care

  1. Metropolitan Hospital Center Hospital
    890 feet
  2. EMS Station 10 Ambulance station
    920 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Washington Community center
    1,020 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    720 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,060 feet
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    1,300 feet
  3. Westside Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 places to eat and 11 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 96th 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 Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.