3rd Avenue & East 15th Street

The four-way crossing of 3rd Avenue and East 15th Street is in Gramercy, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Consolidated Edison Building, one of four Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 360 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 32 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 100 places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
3 Av
310 feet · 1 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
3 Av/E 14 St · M101, M102, M103
Within a walk
32 places
9 religious buildings, 8 schools and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & East 15th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 3 Av, 310 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 8 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av L
    310 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
    1,000 feet
    4 5 6 L N Q R W
  2. 1 Av L
    0.3 miles
    L

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/E 14 St, 110 feet away, for the M101, M102 and M103.

  • 37 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/E 14 St M101, M102, M103 · Shelter
    110 feet
    M101 M102 M103
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M101 …
  2. M102 …
  3. M103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on East 15th Street.

  • 88 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 15 St & 3 Ave 78 docks in all
    110 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
    870 feet
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2018

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10003
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 6
City Council district
2
Police precinct
13
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gramercy
Elevation
36 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 6,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 43 signs on these blocks
  • 17 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2020 and March 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, 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 1 sign 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of 3rd Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of East 15th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of East 15th Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 102111, 103475, 103520 and 103522.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are four Individual Landmarks, and 68 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Anglo-Italianate. They were mostly built between 1850 and 1869.

  1. Friends' Meeting House Designated landmark
    360 feet
  2. Consolidated Edison Building Designated landmark
    360 feet
  3. The St. George Memorial House Designated landmark
    400 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in Stuyvesant Square.

  1. Peter Stuyvesant Statue by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, 1941
    660 feet
  2. Washington Irving Memorial Bust by Friedrich Beer, 1885
    700 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. The Jack and Jill School at St. George's Church Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · landmark
    360 feet
  2. Friends Seminary School · landmark
    650 feet
  3. Beginnings Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    670 feet
Show all 11
  1. Academy for Software Engineering School
    710 feet
  2. Gramercy Arts High School
    710 feet
  3. International High School at Union Square School
    710 feet
  4. Success Academy Charter School - Union Square School
    710 feet
  5. The High School for Language and Diplomacy School
    710 feet
  6. Union Square Academy for Health Sciences School
    710 feet
  7. Manhattan Comprehensive Night and Day High School
    840 feet
  8. Beth Israel Medical Center College
    1,000 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Stuyvesant Square Park
    490 feet
  2. Union Square Park
    1,050 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Park Towers Medical Plaza Public space
    750 feet

Health care

  1. New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai Hospital
    1,190 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Stuyvesant Square Historic District Listed historic place
    800 feet
  2. Van Tassell & Kearney Horse Auction Mart Listed historic place
    880 feet
  3. Society for the Lying-In Hospital Listed historic place
    1,240 feet
Show all 5
  1. Union Square Listed historic place
    1,260 feet
  2. 14th Street - Union Square Subway Station (IRT, BMT) Listed historic place
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Christ Lutheran Church House of worship
    430 feet
  2. St George Episc Church Landmark · listed historic place
    570 feet
  3. St John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church House of worship
    610 feet
Show all 8
  1. St Marys Byzantine Church House of worship
    630 feet
  2. Manhattan Korean Presbyterian Church House of worship
    630 feet
  3. East End Temple House of worship
    1,060 feet
  4. All Saints Ukranian Orthodox Church House of worship
    1,220 feet
  5. Brotherhood Synagogue Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,290 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Peter Stuyvesant Post Office
    1,310 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 6/Ladder 3 Fire station
    1,110 feet

Bank branches

  1. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    940 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,110 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Westside Market Supermarket
    460 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    500 feet
  3. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    1,150 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 100 places to eat and eight food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue or East 15th 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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.