3rd Avenue & East 14th Street

The four-way crossing of 3rd Avenue and East 14th Street is in Gramercy, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 35 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. In 2025, 3,211 bus-lane camera tickets were recorded here. Christ Lutheran Church is 540 feet away, and Peter Stuyvesant Post Office is 1,270 feet away. The nearest subway, 3 Av, is about a minute on foot, and eight subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 35 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 108 places to eat.

Safety record
27 hurt
35 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
3 Av
60 feet · 1 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
E 14 St/3 Av · L92, M14A SBS, M14D SBS
Within a walk
35 places
9 religious buildings, 8 schools and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & East 14th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 3 Av, 60 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 8 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av L
    60 feet
    L

Next trains at this station

West Side
1 line
  1. L …
Brooklyn
1 line
  1. L …

Also within a walk

  1. 14 St-Union Sq 4, 5, 6, L, N, Q, R, W
    750 feet
    4 5 6 L N Q R W
  2. 1 Av L
    0.3 miles
    L

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 14 St/3 Av, 160 feet away, for the L92, M14A SBS and M14D SBS.

  • 34 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 14 St/3 Av L92, M14A SBS, M14D SBS · Shelter
    160 feet
    L92 M14A SBS M14D SBS
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. L92 …
  2. M14A SBS …
  3. M14D SBS …

Live arrivals

East 14th Street carries a bus lane, all day, every day.

Cycling

  • 109 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 6 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 15 St & 3 Ave 78 docks in all
    400 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at Avenue C, 0.9 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
    1,150 feet
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 35 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 27 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 8 of those hurt, on foot
  • 10 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, September 2012
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, July 2022
  • Turn calming, March 2025

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 3,211 bus-lane camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 60th most of the 174 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 3, 5,505 more were issued.

Every corner with bus-lane camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10003
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 6
City Council district
2
Police precinct
9 and 13 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gramercy
Elevation
37 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 6,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2022 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 3rd Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7PM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 3 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of 3rd Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of East 14th Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 3 signs 30 MMP COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 6AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 10PM-6AM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY SUNDAY 6AM-10PM

South side of East 14th Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 4 signs 30 MMP COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 6AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 10PM-6AM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 8 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 4 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY SUNDAY 6AM-10PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 103473, 103520 and 106837.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and 31 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Anglo-Italianate. They were mostly built between 1850 and 1891.

  1. Consolidated Edison Building Designated landmark
    330 feet
  2. Van Tassell & Kearney Auction Mart Designated landmark
    460 feet
  3. Friends' Meeting House Designated landmark
    510 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 35 public places.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 8 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 listed historic places
  • 2 fire stations
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Jack and Jill School at St. George's Church Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · landmark
    650 feet
  2. Friends Seminary School · landmark
    940 feet
  3. Beginnings Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    950 feet
Show all 13
  1. Manhattan Comprehensive Night and Day High School
    990 feet
  2. Academy for Software Engineering School
    1,000 feet
  3. Gramercy Arts High School
    1,000 feet
  4. International High School at Union Square School
    1,000 feet
  5. Success Academy Charter School - Union Square School
    1,000 feet
  6. The High School for Language and Diplomacy School
    1,000 feet
  7. Union Square Academy for Health Sciences School
    1,000 feet
  8. Society of Third Street Music School Settlement Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,220 feet
  9. Beth Israel Medical Center College
    1,280 feet
  10. The Eductional Alliance Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Stuyvesant Square Park
    780 feet
  2. Union Square Park
    920 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Park Towers Medical Plaza Public space
    1,040 feet

Health care

  1. New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai Hospital
    900 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Stuyvesant Square Historic District Listed historic place
    1,080 feet
  2. St. Mark's Historic District (Boundary Increase) Listed historic place
    1,220 feet
  3. Yiddish Art Theatre Listed historic place
    1,230 feet
Show all 4
  1. 14th Street - Union Square Subway Station (IRT, BMT) Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Christ Lutheran Church House of worship
    540 feet
  2. St Marys Byzantine Church House of worship
    840 feet
  3. St George Episc Church Listed historic place
    860 feet
Show all 7
  1. St John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church House of worship
    900 feet
  2. Manhattan Korean Presbyterian Church House of worship
    920 feet
  3. All Saints Ukranian Orthodox Church House of worship
    930 feet
  4. Town & Village Synagogue House of worship
    1,170 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Cooper Post Office Listed historic place
    1,080 feet
  2. Peter Stuyvesant Post Office
    1,270 feet
  3. 14 Street Y Recreation center
    1,310 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 6/Ladder 3 Fire station
    820 feet
  2. Engine 5 Fire station
    1,270 feet

Bank branches

  1. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    660 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    930 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,050 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    210 feet
  2. Westside Market Supermarket
    690 feet
  3. H Mart Supermarket
    1,280 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    100 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  3. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    860 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 108 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue or East 14th 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.