3rd Avenue & East 19th Street

The four-way crossing of 3rd Avenue and East 19th Street is in Gramercy, Manhattan, and is also named Mother Cabrini Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Hotel Irving stands 310 feet away, and Stein Senior Center is 1,110 feet away. The nearest subway, 3 Av, is about five minutes on foot, and eight subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 40 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and 69 places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
3 Av
1,310 feet · 5 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
150 feet
3 Av/E 20 St · M101, M102, M103
Within a walk
40 places
13 religious buildings, 10 schools and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
3rd Avenue & East 19th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 3 Av, 1,310 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 8 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av L
    1,310 feet
    L

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 23 St-Baruch College 6
    0.3 miles
    6
  2. 14 St-Union Sq 4, 5, 6, L, N, Q, R, W
    0.4 miles
    4 5 6 L N Q R W

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/E 20 St, 150 feet away, for the M101, M102 and M103.

  • 36 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/E 20 St M101, M102, M103
    150 feet
    M101 M102 M103

Next buses at this stop

  1. M101 …
  2. M102 …
  3. M103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 19 St & 3 Ave 35 docks in all
    70 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the FDR Drive southbound at Avenue C, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1.4 miles
  2. 130 East 18th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    910 feet
  3. West 24th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 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
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

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 6
City Council district
2
Police precinct
13
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gramercy
Elevation
27 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Mother Cabrini Way, a co-naming enacted on December 1, 2017 (Local Law 237 of 2017).

The streets

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

Homes

About 6,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 74 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Mother Cabrini Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2014 and June 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 3rd Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 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 19th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of East 19th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 102306, 105131 and 107038.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 118 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. Hotel Irving Designated landmark
    310 feet
  2. Scheffel Hall Designated landmark
    430 feet
  3. St. John the Baptist House Designated landmark
    560 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, at Washington Irving High School.

  1. 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 40 public places.

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 10 schools
  • 5 listed historic places
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 public spaces
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Jack and Jill School at St. George's Church Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · landmark
    830 feet
  2. Vivvi 16 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    840 feet
  3. Learningspring School
    930 feet
Show all 13
  1. Academy for Software Engineering School
    960 feet
  2. Gramercy Arts High School
    960 feet
  3. International High School at Union Square School
    960 feet
  4. Success Academy Charter School - Union Square School
    960 feet
  5. The High School for Language and Diplomacy School
    960 feet
  6. Union Square Academy for Health Sciences School
    960 feet
  7. M.S. 255 Salk School of Science School
    1,060 feet
  8. P.S. 040 Augustus Saint-Gaudens School
    1,060 feet
  9. Friends Seminary School
    1,120 feet
  10. Beginnings Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,130 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Augustus St. Gaudens Playground
    760 feet
  2. Stuyvesant Square Park
    980 feet
  3. Peter's Field
    1,010 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Park Towers Medical Plaza Public space
    400 feet
  2. Public space at Crystal House Public space
    1,300 feet

Health care

  1. NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital
    1,120 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Gramercy Park Historic District Listed historic place
    730 feet
  2. Players, The Listed historic place
    790 feet
  3. Samuel J. Tilden House Listed historic place
    810 feet
Show all 5
  1. Society for the Lying-In Hospital Listed historic place
    940 feet
  2. Stuyvesant Square Historic District Listed historic place
    1,200 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Brotherhood Synagogue Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · landmark
    290 feet
  2. St John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church House of worship
    460 feet
  3. East End Temple House of worship
    750 feet
Show all 10
  1. Gustauus Adolphus Lutheran Church House of worship
    820 feet
  2. Manhattan Korean Presbyterian Church House of worship
    900 feet
  3. St George Episc Church Listed historic place
    910 feet
  4. Epiphany Church House of worship
    990 feet
  5. Holy Trinity Slovak Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,170 feet
  6. Christ Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,210 feet
  7. Chabad of Gramercy Park House of worship
    1,290 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Stein Senior Center Older adult center
    1,110 feet
  2. Madison Square Post Office Listed historic place
    1,200 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    110 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Westside Market Supermarket
    610 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. D'Agostino Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,260 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,270 feet
  3. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 69 places to eat and 11 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue or East 19th 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, NYC Records, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.