3rd Avenue & East 17th Street

The four-way crossing of 3rd Avenue and East 17th Street is in Gramercy, Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Manhattan corner. Scheffel Hall, one of three Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 120 feet away, and Evelyn's Playground is 1,230 feet away. The nearest subway, 3 Av, is about three minutes on foot, and eight subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 33 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 95 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
3 Av
820 feet · 3 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
3 Av/E 17 St · M101, M102, M103
Within a walk
33 places
10 religious buildings, 7 listed historic places and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & East 17th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 3 Av, 820 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 8 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av L
    820 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
    0.3 miles
    4 5 6 L N Q R W
  2. 23 St-Baruch College 6
    0.4 miles
    6

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/E 17 St, 160 feet away, for the M101, M102 and M103.

  • 40 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/E 17 St M101, M102, M103
    160 feet
    M101 M102 M103

Next buses at this stop

  1. M101 …
  2. M102 …
  3. M103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 73 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 4 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 19 St & 3 Ave 35 docks in all
    540 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
    1.3 miles
  2. 130 East 18th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    910 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 ten crashes at this corner, the median for a Manhattan corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 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, October 2018
  • Turn calming, April 2022

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
31 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 5,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 66 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2024 and August 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 17th Street (south side).

East side of 3rd Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of 3rd Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of East 17th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 3 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Doctor plates only 2 signs DOCTOR LICENSE PLATES ONLY 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 103758, 104809, 104810, 106117 and 106810.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and 126 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Anglo-Italianate. They were mostly built between 1850 and 1866.

  1. Scheffel Hall Designated landmark
    120 feet
  2. The St. George Memorial House Designated landmark
    220 feet
  3. St. John the Baptist House Designated landmark
    400 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest at Washington Irving High School.

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 public places.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 7 listed historic places
  • 7 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Jack and Jill School at St. George's Church Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · landmark
    340 feet
  2. Academy for Software Engineering School
    470 feet
  3. Gramercy Arts High School
    470 feet
Show all 9
  1. International High School at Union Square School
    470 feet
  2. Success Academy Charter School - Union Square School
    470 feet
  3. The High School for Language and Diplomacy School
    470 feet
  4. Union Square Academy for Health Sciences School
    470 feet
  5. Friends Seminary School
    630 feet
  6. Beginnings Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    640 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Stuyvesant Square Park
    490 feet
  2. Union Square Park
    1,110 feet
  3. Evelyn's Playground
    1,230 feet
Show all 4
  1. Augustus St. Gaudens Playground
    1,250 feet

Plazas and public spaces

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

Health care

  1. NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital
    950 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Stuyvesant Square Historic District Listed historic place
    710 feet
  2. Society for the Lying-In Hospital Listed historic place
    730 feet
  3. Germania Life Insurance Company Building Listed historic place
    990 feet
Show all 7
  1. Gramercy Park Historic District Listed historic place
    1,220 feet
  2. Players, The Listed historic place
    1,280 feet
  3. Houses at 326, 328 and 330 East 18th Street Listed historic place
    1,290 feet
  4. Samuel J. Tilden House Listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church House of worship
    170 feet
  2. Manhattan Korean Presbyterian Church Landmark
    410 feet
  3. St George Episc Church Landmark · listed historic place
    410 feet
Show all 7
  1. East End Temple House of worship
    570 feet
  2. Christ Lutheran Church House of worship
    720 feet
  3. Brotherhood Synagogue Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    780 feet
  4. St Marys Byzantine Church House of worship
    1,070 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    600 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Westside Market Supermarket
    120 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    1,000 feet
  3. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    780 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    1,250 feet
  3. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 95 places to eat and ten food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue or East 17th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, 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.