2nd Avenue & St Marks Place

The four-way crossing of 2nd Avenue and St Marks Place 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. Ottendorfer Library is 120 feet away, and Orpheum Theatre is 150 feet away. The nearest subway, Astor Pl, is about four minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 39 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and 254 places to eat.

Safety record
13 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Astor Pl
1,100 feet · 4 min on foot · 6
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Saint Marks Pl/2 Av · M8
Within a walk
39 places
11 religious buildings, 9 listed historic places and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
2nd Avenue & St Marks Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Astor Pl, 1,100 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Astor Pl 6
    1,100 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. 2 Av F
    0.4 miles
    F

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Saint Marks Pl/2 Av, 50 feet away, for the M8.

  • 23 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Saint Marks Pl/2 Av M8
    50 feet
    M8

Next buses at this stop

  1. M8 …

Live arrivals

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

Cycling

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

  • 136 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 12 of them on-street corrals
  • 7 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. St Marks Pl & 2 Ave 73 docks in all
    170 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at Avenue C, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1.4 miles
  2. 284 Mott Street Charging for electric cars, four 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.

  • 13 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 7 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

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
35 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 5,400 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 1898 and 1910.

Trees

NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 46 signs on these blocks
  • 14 different rules
  • 6 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.

East side of 2nd Avenue

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 1 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM
  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-MIDNIGHT SATURDAY 9AM-MIDNIGHT
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM

West side of 2nd Avenue

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 1 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • Metered parking 3 signs 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 St Marks Place

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of St Marks Place

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 4 signs 1 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 4PM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 101212, 102761, 105139, 105479 and 107130.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are six Individual Landmarks, and 194 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1852 and 1884.

  1. Deutsches Dispensary Designated landmark
    160 feet
  2. Middle Collegiate Church Designated landmark
    360 feet
  3. Hebrew Actors' Union Building Designated landmark
    360 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 39 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. La Salle Academy School
    850 feet
  2. St George Academy School
    850 feet
  3. Little Missionary's Day Nursery Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    900 feet
Show all 7
  1. Learning and Fun Preschool
    910 feet
  2. Society of Third Street Music School Settlement Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,060 feet
  3. George Jackson Academy School
    1,100 feet
  4. St. John's University Manhattan College
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Abe Lebewohl Park
    550 feet
  2. Abe Lebewohl Triangle
    760 feet
  3. Cooper Triangle
    1,030 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Astor Place Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,080 feet
  2. Public space at Astor Place Public space
    1,200 feet
  3. Public space at 51 Astor Place Public space
    1,210 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Ottendorfer Library Landmark
    120 feet
  2. Ottendorfer Public Library and Stuyvesant Polyclinic Hospital Listed historic place
    240 feet
  3. Isaac T. Hopper House Listed historic place
    420 feet
Show all 11
  1. Daniel Leroy House Listed historic place
    460 feet
  2. St. Mark's Historic District Listed historic place
    800 feet
  3. Hamilton Fish House (Stuyvesant-Fish House) Listed historic place
    820 feet
  4. The Ukrainian Museum
    860 feet
  5. Cooper Union Listed historic place
    950 feet
  6. Yiddish Art Theatre Listed historic place
    1,040 feet
  7. St. Mark's Historic District (Boundary Increase) Listed historic place
    1,120 feet
  8. Astor Place Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    1,120 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Orpheum Theatre Theater or concert hall
    150 feet
  2. New York Theatre Workshop Theater or concert hall
    1,050 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Cyril Methodius Church House of worship
    410 feet
  2. St Marks Church in the Bowery Listed historic place
    650 feet
  3. Sixth Street Community Synagogue Listed historic place
    670 feet
Show all 8
  1. St George Ukrainian Catholic Church House of worship
    810 feet
  2. Cityvine Church Listed historic place
    830 feet
  3. All Saints Ukranian Orthodox Church House of worship
    1,060 feet
  4. St Stanislaus Bishop & Martyr RC Church House of worship
    1,100 feet
  5. Citylight Church House of worship
    1,240 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 103 East 7th Street Older adult center
    1,210 feet

Fire and police

  1. 9th Precinct Police station
    1,000 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    260 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    270 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    480 feet

Supermarkets

  1. H Mart Supermarket
    950 feet
  2. Wegmans Supermarket
    1,270 feet
  3. Westside Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    980 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 254 places to eat and 19 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 2nd Avenue or St Marks Place.

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.