2nd Avenue & East Houston Street

The four-way crossing of 2nd Avenue and East Houston Street is in the East Village, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 48 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. In 2025, 1,852 red-light and 325 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Sara D. Roosevelt Park is 90 feet away, and Pathways Children's Services is 270 feet away. The nearest subway, 2 Av, is about a minute on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are 31 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 147 places to eat.

Safety record
35 hurt
48 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
2 Av
190 feet · 1 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
140 feet
East Houston St/2 Av · M21
Within a walk
31 places
7 religious buildings, 4 gardens and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
2nd Avenue & East Houston Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 2 Av, 190 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 9 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 2 Av F
    190 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

Uptown
1 line
  1. F …
Downtown
1 line
  1. F …

Also within a walk

  1. Broadway-Lafayette St/Bleecker St 6, B, D, F, M
    1,270 feet
    6 B D F M
  2. Bowery J, Z
    0.3 miles
    J Z

Bus

The nearest bus stop is East Houston St/2 Av, 140 feet away, for the M21.

  • 23 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. East Houston St/2 Av M21 · Shelter
    140 feet
    M21
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M21 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 2nd Avenue and Chrystie 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. Stanton St & Chrystie St 47 docks in all
    550 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive northbound at FDR Drive & East Houston Street at E Houston Street Pedestrian Overpass, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1.6 miles
  2. 284 Mott Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1,170 feet
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 48 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 35 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on foot
  • 9 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, July 1999
  • Turn calming, December 2019

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 1,852 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 101st most of the 200 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 852 more were issued.

Red-light camera tickets by the direction of travel written on the ticket
Direction on the ticket20252026 so far
Northbound on Chrystie Street986312
Southbound on 2nd Avenue866540
Total1,852852

In 2025, 325 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,422nd most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 81 more were issued.

Every corner with red-light camera tickets · Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10002
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 3
City Council district
1 and 2 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
5 and 9 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Village
Elevation
41 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to six travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 3,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 161 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 43 signs on these blocks
  • 15 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2016 and March 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 2nd Avenue

  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of 2nd Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Chrystie Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No stopping 8 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of Chrystie Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY

North side of East Houston Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING W/ MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 104549.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 61 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were mostly built between 1835 and 1890.

  1. Bowery Mission Designated landmark
    800 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 public places.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 4 gardens
  • 4 listed historic places
  • 4 schools
  • 3 parks
  • 9 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Pathways Children's Services School
    270 feet
  2. Cascades High School
    680 feet
  3. Forsyth Satellite Academy School
    680 feet
Show all 4
  1. Nord Anglia International School
    780 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. First Park
    70 feet
  2. Sara D. Roosevelt Park
    90 feet
  3. Liz Christy Garden
    140 feet
Show all 10
  1. Houston St Playground
    280 feet
  2. First Park Playground
    520 feet
  3. First Street Garden
    590 feet
  4. Albert's Garden
    790 feet
  5. Peretz Square
    800 feet
  6. Rivington St Playground
    960 feet
  7. M'finda Kalunga Garden
    990 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. New York Marble Cemetery Listed historic place
    910 feet
  2. New Museum
    920 feet
  3. New York City Marble Cemetery Listed historic place
    940 feet
Show all 5
  1. Bouwerie Lane Theater Listed historic place
    1,130 feet
  2. Fourteenth Ward Industrial School Listed historic place
    1,280 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Anthology Film Archives Arts or cultural center · landmark
    450 feet
  2. New York Theatre Workshop Theater or concert hall
    1,170 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Orthodox Cathedral Holy Virgin Protection Church Landmark
    580 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. YMCA Chinatown Houston Street Center Recreation center
    290 feet
  2. Older adult center at 189 Allen Street Older adult center
    910 feet
  3. Older adult center at Meltzer Towers Older adult center
    1,300 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    290 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    590 feet
  3. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    640 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    430 feet
  2. Mulberry Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,020 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 147 places to eat and 15 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

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