2nd Avenue & East 9th Street

The four-way crossing of 2nd Avenue and East 9th Street is in the East Village, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Deutsches Dispensary, one of seven Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 150 feet away, and Hebrew Actors' Union Building stands 530 feet away. The nearest subway, Astor Pl, is about five minutes on foot, and nine subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 38 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and 251 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Astor Pl
1,250 feet · 5 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
140 feet
2 Av/E 9 St · M15
Within a walk
38 places
11 religious buildings, 9 listed historic places and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
2nd Avenue & East 9th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Astor Pl, 1,250 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 9 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Astor Pl 6
    1,250 feet
    6

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 8 St-NYU R, W
    0.3 miles
    R W
  2. 3 Av L
    0.4 miles
    L

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Untitled” (1986) by Milton Glaser at the Astor Pl station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 2 Av/E 9 St, 140 feet away, for the M15.

  • 23 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 2 Av/E 9 St M15 · Shelter
    140 feet
    M15
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M15 …

Live arrivals

A bus lane runs along 2nd Avenue, all day on weekdays.

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 2nd Avenue and East 9th Street.

  • 129 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 13 of them on-street corrals
  • 7 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 10 St & 2 Ave 41 docks in all
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at Avenue C, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1.2 miles
  2. 100 East 15th Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2024.

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 3
City Council district
2
Police precinct
9
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Village
Elevation
33 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 5,100 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 1900 and 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 53 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 38 signs on these blocks
  • 16 different rules
  • 7 active meters
  • 5 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2020 and July 2026; 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 9th Street (south side).

East side of 2nd Avenue

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 1 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-MIDNIGHT SATURDAY 9AM-MIDNIGHT
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 2nd Avenue

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 1 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7PM-10PM SATURDAY 9AM-10PM
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7PM-MIDNIGHT SATURDAY 9AM-MIDNIGHT
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

North side of East 9th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 101900, 102233, 102761, 105139 and 105140.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are seven Individual Landmarks, and 133 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Anglo-Italianate. They were mostly built between 1852 and 1886.

  1. Deutsches Dispensary Designated landmark
    150 feet
  2. The Rectory of St. Mark's Church Designated landmark
    520 feet
  3. Hebrew Actors' Union Building Designated landmark
    530 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 38 public places.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 9 listed historic places
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 parks
  • 3 schools
  • 9 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Society of Third Street Music School Settlement Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    810 feet
  2. St. John's University Manhattan College
    970 feet
  3. La Salle Academy School
    1,090 feet
Show all 7
  1. St George Academy School
    1,090 feet
  2. Little Missionary's Day Nursery Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,140 feet
  3. Learning and Fun Preschool
    1,150 feet
  4. The East Village Community School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Abe Lebewohl Park
    310 feet
  2. Abe Lebewohl Triangle
    520 feet
  3. Cooper Triangle
    1,190 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 51 Astor Place Public space
    970 feet
  2. Astor Place Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,230 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Ottendorfer Public Library and Stuyvesant Polyclinic Hospital Listed historic place
    160 feet
  2. Ottendorfer Library Landmark
    240 feet
  3. St. Mark's Historic District Listed historic place
    560 feet
Show all 11
  1. Hamilton Fish House (Stuyvesant-Fish House) Listed historic place
    570 feet
  2. Isaac T. Hopper House Listed historic place
    660 feet
  3. Daniel Leroy House Listed historic place
    700 feet
  4. Yiddish Art Theatre Listed historic place
    800 feet
  5. St. Mark's Historic District (Boundary Increase) Listed historic place
    870 feet
  6. Cooper Union Listed historic place
    1,100 feet
  7. The Ukrainian Museum
    1,110 feet
  8. Astor Place Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Orpheum Theatre Theater or concert hall
    360 feet
  2. New York Theatre Workshop Theater or concert hall
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Marks Church in the Bowery Landmark · listed historic place
    400 feet
  2. St Cyril Methodius Church House of worship
    510 feet
  3. All Saints Ukranian Orthodox Church House of worship
    820 feet
Show all 7
  1. Sixth Street Community Synagogue Listed historic place
    910 feet
  2. St George Ukrainian Catholic Church House of worship
    1,060 feet
  3. Cityvine Church Listed historic place
    1,070 feet
  4. St Stanislaus Bishop & Martyr RC Church House of worship
    1,280 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 331 East 12th Street Older adult center
    1,310 feet

Fire and police

  1. 9th Precinct Police station
    1,240 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    60 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    240 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    510 feet

Supermarkets

  1. H Mart Supermarket
    710 feet
  2. Wegmans Supermarket
    1,250 feet
  3. Westside Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,110 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 251 places to eat and 18 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 2nd Avenue or East 9th 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.